What Trump Has Done With Medicare So Far
Since President Trump was sworn into office on January 20, he has proposed or initiated changes impacting Medicare. Here's a ...
Fierce Healthcare3d
HHS probationary firings reversed by judge as threat of more terminations looms
A judge has told the government it must reinstate fired probationary employees at nearly all federal agencies, delivering the ...
Health Affairs4d
HHS Proposes To Restrict Marketplace Eligibility, Enrollment, And Affordability In First Major Rule Under Trump Administration (Part 2)
This piece, part 2 of a two-part article, addresses the rule’s proposed policies on failure to reconcile, income verification ...
Modern Healthcare3d
Old laws, Supreme Court may stymie HHS plan to fast-track policy
The Health and Human Services Department wants less public input on its policy decisions. Healthcare interests concerned ...
Axios on MSN3d
Changes loom for how Medicare pays doctors
Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate today, where lawmakers will consider his nomination to be administrator of Medicare and ...
HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer
The agency’s approximately 80,000 employees were emailed Friday night with the offer of a “voluntary separation incentive ...
Fierce Healthcare5d
HHS closes six regional offices serving 32 states and territories
The Office of the General Counsel (OGC), otherwise known as the legal team within the Department of Health and Human Services ...
The Baltimore Sun9d
HHS says scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid has resulted in millions lost
The scheme, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), targets Medicare and Medicaid with fraudulent funds transfer requests from individuals posing as healthcare providers.
80,000 federal health workers in CDC, Medicare, Medicaid jobs are offered buyouts
HHS is one of the government’s costliest federal agencies, with an annual budget of about $1.7 trillion that is mostly spent ...
HHS sends employees a $25K voluntary buyout offer
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending. Workers can opt into the ...