2006 Press Releases

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December

December 20, 2006

• Companies Signal Support for Administration Initiative to Improve Health Quality, Reduce Costs

December 19, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On President�s Signing of Ryan White CARE Act Reauthorization

December 15, 2006

• New Regional Director Named
• HHS Launches New Web Site Promoting Long-Term Care Planning

December 13, 2006

• United States Officially Accepts New International Health Regulations

December 12, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Appointment of American Health Information Community Member
• Federal Agencies Finalize Rules on Health Nondiscrimination

December 11, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On Senate Confirmation of Terry L. Cline, Ph.D.

December 8, 2006

• HHS Advances Nationwide Health Information Network Initiative

December 7, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt On Senate Confirmation of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach as FDA Commissioner

December 5, 2006

• Statement By Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the Senate Passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
• HHS Convenes Choices for Independence: A National Leadership Summit

December 1, 2006

• Virginia Commits to Cornerstones of Better Health at Lower Cost

November

November 30, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services On World AIDS Day 2006

November 27, 2006

• HHS Launches National Influenza Vaccination Week

November 22, 2006

• HHS Issues Performance and Accountability Report

November 20, 2006

• HHS Buys Additional Vaccine for Potential Use in an Influenza Pandemic

November 17, 2006

• HHS Secretary Leavitt Asks Employers to Commit to Health Care Quality and Cost Reporting for Employees

November 14, 2006

• U.S. and Mexico Pledge Increased Cooperation in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Along Border

November 8, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services On the Nomination of Dr. Margaret Chan to the Post of Director-General of the World Health Organization

November 6, 2006

• HHS Awards $3 Million for Adolescent Family Life Care Demonstration Grants

October

October 30, 2006

• HHS Achieves Major Step Forward in Modernizing Its Financial Management System
• HHS and GSA Announce Updated Web Design and Usability Guidelines to Improve Government Web Sites

October 27, 2006

• HHS Completes Allocation of $75 Million for World Trade Center Medical Care

October 26, 2006

• HHS Officially Recognizes Certification Body to Evaluate Electronic Health Records
• HHS Secretary Announces Development of Physical Activity Guidelines at National Prevention Summit

October 23, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the WHO Global Pandemic Influenza Action Plan to Increase Vaccine Supply

October 6, 2006

• HHS Awards $58 Million through Compassion Capital Fund

October 5, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Announcement of Biomarkers Consortium
• HHS Awards $11.2 Million for Mentoring Children of Prisoners

October 3, 2006

• HHS Approves New York Plan to Update Medicaid

September

September 30, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Passage of Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006

September 29, 2006

• Fitness Expert Denise Austin Begins Second Term on President�s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Medicare Releases Data on 2007 Drug Plan Options

September 28, 2006

• HHS Announces More Than $13 Million for Community Prevention Programs for Older Americans

September 27, 2006

• HHS Announces Efforts to Expand and Streamline Access to Long-Term Care in Communities Through Grants to States
• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the House of Representatives' Passage of the Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006

September 25, 2006

• HHS Partners With States On Long-Term Care Education Efforts

September 22, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the Institute of Medicine Report on the Future of Drug Safety

September 20, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Appointment of Interim National Coordinator for Health IT
• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Regarding Senate HELP Committee Action on Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach To Be New FDA Commissioner
• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, United Nations General Assembly

September 15, 2006

• States Get Federal Grants to Help People with Disabilities Live in the Community

September 12, 2006

• HHS Provides $79.9 Million in EnergyAssistance

September 8, 2006

• HHS Awards $11.6 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions

August

August 31, 2006

• Medical Reserve Corps Now In All 50 States

August 22, 2006

• President Directs Federal Agencies to Provide Health Care Quality and Price Information for Consumers

August 21, 2006

• Successes Marked on 10th Anniversary of Welfare Reform

August 1, 2006

• New Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology

July

July 28, 2006

• HHS Fact Sheet -- Repatriation Program for Americans Returning from Lebanon
• HHS to Acquire Anthrax Immune Globulin for Stockpile

July 26, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services On the Appointment of RADM Craig Vanderwagen, M.D. As Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• HHS Approves Massachusetts Plan to Extend Health Care to More Residents
• HHS Provides Funding to States for Alternatives to Nursing Home Care in Medicaid

July 20, 2006

• HHS Secretary Leavitt Signs Agreement on Health and Medical Science with Vietnamese Minister of Health
• HHS Assists States With Another Antiviral Drug Purchase

July 19, 2006

• New Members Appointed to Human Research Protections national Advisory Committee

July 18, 2006

• HHS Approves Plan to Expand Coverage to 3,000 Additional Children in Montana
• Announcement to Help Speed Adoption of Electronic Health Records

July 17, 2006

• Louisiana Health Care System Focus of Redesign

July 11, 2006

• HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts

July 05, 2006

• HHS Announces New HIPAA Privacy Decision Tool for Emergency Preparedness Planning
• HHS Announces $15 Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans

June

June 30, 2006

• HHS Assists States With Antiviral Drug Purchases

June 28, 2006

• Bush Administration Releases Interim Final Regulation Implementing The Next Phase Of Welfare Reform

June 27, 2006

• New Surgeon General's Report Focuses on the Effects of Secondhand Smoke [En Español]

June 20, 2006

• HHS To Acquire New Anthrax Therapeutic Treatment For Stockpile

June 16, 2006

• HHS Issues Final Rule for Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

June 15, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Passage of Emergency Funding for Pandemic Preparedness

June 14, 2006

• Over 38 Million People With Medicare Now Receiving Prescription Drug Coverage

June 7, 2006

• HHS Announces $1.2 Billion In Funding To States For Bioterrorism Preparedness

June 2, 2006

• HHS Approves Texas Plan to Expand Coverage to More Pregnant Women

June 1, 2006

• Medicare Posts Hospital Payment Information
• HHS Awards BioShield Contract For Botulism Antitoxin

May

May 31, 2006

• HHS To Sponsor National Obesity Action Forum

May 25, 2006

• HHS Approves Historic Medicaid Reform Plans in Idaho

May 23, 2006

• State Privacy and Security Subcontract Opportunities Announced Under Expanded HHS Contract with RTI

May 22, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding the Death of World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Lee Jong-Wook

May 17, 2006

• American Health Information Community Approves First Set of Recommendations
• New Checklist Helps Long-Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic

May 10, 2006

• 37 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Receiving Prescription Drug Coverage

May 8, 2006

• Time Is Running Out - May 15th Enrollment Deadline Nears

May 7, 2006

• HHS Secretary Visits African-American Churches to Highlight Role of Medicare Drug Benefit in Reducing Health Disparities

May 5, 2006

• HHS Buys Additional AVA Anthrax Vaccine
• HHS Awards $1.07 Billion for HIV/AIDS Care and Medications

May 4, 2006

• HHS Awards Contracts Totaling More Than $1 Billion To Develop Cell-Based Influenza Vaccine

May 3, 2006

• HHS Approves Historic Medicaid Reform Plans in Kentucky
• HHS Approves Innovative Medicaid Reform In West Virginia

May 1, 2006

• Medicare Trustees Release Annual Report

April

April 27, 2006

• HHS Assistant Secretary Simonson Travels to Bangladesh and India to Enhance Planning for a Potential Influenza Pandemic

April 20, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services On Resignation of David J. Brailer, National Coordinator for Health IT
• 30 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Receiving Prescription Drug Coverage

April 18, 2006

• HHS Applauds Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs
• HHS Expands Cooperation In Health And Medical Science With People's Republic of China

April 14, 2006

• HHS Secretary and Panamanian Health Minister and Gorgas Memorial Institute Agree to Expand Cooperative Public Health Efforts

April 4, 2006

• New Progress Report Shows Millions Of Beneficiaries Are Saving Money And Choosing Plans With Enhanced Coverage Options

March

March 31, 2006

• States To Have New Options For Medicaid Programs

March 28, 2006

• HHS Approves California Plan to Expand Coverage to Unborn Children

March 24, 2006

• HHS Releases First Round of Katrina Aid To 32 States To Help With Evacuee Health Cost

March 23, 2006

• HHS Provides $1 Billion in Energy Assistance Funds to Help Low-Income Families
• More Than 27 Million Medicare Beneficiaries are Enrolled in Prescription Drug Coverage

March 22, 2006

• HHS Buys More Antiviral Medication for the Strategic National Stockpile

March 15, 2006

• Secretary Leavitt Applauds Nomination of New FDA Chief

March 14, 2006

• HHS Awards $579.7 Million for HIV/AIDS Care

March 13, 2006

• HHS Issues New Tool to Help Offices and Clinics Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic

March 7, 2006

• Over 80,000 Uninsured Arkansans To Get Benefits Under New HHS Approved Plan

March 3, 2006

• New Checklist Helps Home Health Care Providers Prepare For An Influenza Pandemic

March 1, 2006

• HHS Buys Additional Antiviral Medication As Preparations for Potential Influenza Pandemic Continue

February

February 27, 2006

• HHS and VA to Target Diabetes, Obesity Among American Veterans

February 22, 2006

• More Than 25 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Have Prescription Drug Coverage

February 16, 2006

• States Approved for Drug Reimbursement Demonstration to Complete Medicare Transition

February 13, 2006

• HHS Awards BioShield Contract for Two Additional Medical Countermeasures for Radiological or Nuclear Incidents

February 9, 2006

• Lower Costs of Medicare Drug Coverage to Help States Save $700 Million in 2006

February 8, 2006

• HHS Awards $550 Million in Hurricane Relief
• Welfare Reform Reauthorized

February 6, 2006

• HHS Proposes $689 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2007
• HHS and Institut Pasteur Partner on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

February 3, 2006

• FDA Approves New Laboratory Test To Detect Human Infections With Avian Influenza A/H5 Viruses

February 1, 2006

• Secretary Leavitt Issues One-Month Progress Report on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

January

January 26, 2006

• HHS to Make Available Federal Surplus Property for Supportive Housing to Assist the Homeless

January 18, 2006

• New Initiative Announced to Transform the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

January 17, 2006

• Pilot Project Launched to Expand Electronic Prescribing
• Nearly 24 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Have Prescription Drug Coverage

January 12, 2006

• New Checklist Helps Faith-Based and Community Organizations Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic
• HHS Announces $100 Million to Accelerate State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts

January 10, 2006

• HHS Secretary Names Additions to Senior Staff

January 9, 2006

• HHS Convenes National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

January 6, 2006

• Secretary Leavitt Releases Guide to Help Individuals and Families Get Informed and Be Prepared For a Pandemic

January 5, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Human Cases of H5N1 in Europe
• HHS Provides Energy Assistance Funds to Help Low-Income Families