U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. directed the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise safety rules to help eliminate a provision that allows companies to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe. This would increase …
President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first of multiple Cabinet announcements expected …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) and Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. have entered into an underwriting agreement to provide insurance products for the human and social service industry. The multi-line insurance solutions are designed for a wide range of organizations, …
A federal review of hospital medical records and other data has found a 17 percent decline in infections, drug mistakes, bed sores and other preventable errors from 2010 to 2013, according to a report. Using methods developed by health care …
Another disaster plaguing the state, widespread flooding in Colorado is being viewed as an “unprecedented” event in which losses will take quite some time to calculate – although there are more immediate lessons to be learned. Thousands are missing, tens …
The deadline for health insurers to submit applications to sell insurance in the states in which the federal government is running the health exchange has been extended by three days until Friday, a spokeswoman at the Department of Health and …
The Obama administration on Thursday assured U.S. lawmakers that it is on track to enroll millions of people in new state health insurance markets, but it quickly came under fire from Republicans and Democrats about how costly the coverage may …
A former director of Missouri’s insurance department has been named acting director of the Kansas City regional office of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Jay Angoff is taking over the position following the resignation of Judy Baker, a …
An advisory group urged U.S. officials to formulate a set of essential health benefits under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul that is in line with cost of insurance in a typical small employer plan. The Institute of Medicine report issued …
The official charged with overseeing the creation of U.S. state-based health insurance exchanges is stepping down at a critical juncture for the Obama administration’s healthcare overhaul. Joel Ario, director of health insurance exchanges at the Department of Health and Human …
