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December
December 31, 1999
A Year of Achievements, A Century of Progress
December 28, 1999
Monitoring Results for Pharmaceuticals are Released: Surveys Show Public Has Avoided "Stockpile" Drug Purchases
December 22, 1999
HHS Approves Indiana Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
December 21, 1999
Beverly Malone Appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
December 17, 1999
Drug Use Among Teenagers Leveling Off
HHS Approves Mississippi Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
December 15, 1999
HHS Reports All Systems Are Y2K Ready
December 14, 1999
Christine Hernandez Appointed Regional Director of HHS
December 13, 1999
"Scientific Revolution" In Mental Health Research and Services Declared in First Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
White House Backgrounder:
Tipper Gore Applauds The First-Ever Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, Urges Americans Experiencing Mental Health Problems to Seek Help
December 10, 1999
HHS Completes Y2K End-to-End Testing for State Medicaid Systems and Grants Disbursement Programs
December 8, 1999
Ann Rosewater Appointed Regional Director of HHS
December 4, 1999
HHS Awards First Welfare High Performance Bonuses
December 1, 1999
HHS Awards $11 Million in HIV/AIDS Care for U.S.-Mexico Border and Migrant Residents
Statement by Donna E. Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services on World AIDS Day
Statement by Donna E. Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding the First Complete Sequencing of a Human Chromosome
November
November 29, 1999
Joseph Semidei Named as Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau
White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Signs A Bill That Made Progress On America's Priorities, But Encourages Congress To Act on America's Unfinished Business
White House Backgrounder:
President Clinton: Providing Strong Leadership At Home and Abroad
White House Backgrounder:
Remarks By The President at Bill Signing Ceremony For The Omnibus Appropriations Act For FY 2000
November 24, 1999
HHS Announces Third Annual Adoption 2002 Excellence Awards
HCFA Announces New Steps for Racial Equality In Kidney Transplantation
November 23, 1999
HHS Approves California Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Plan
November 18, 1999
HHS Unveils New Tobacco Industry Documents Web Site
White House Backgrounder:
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
November 15, 1999
New Federal Rules to Enforce the Health Care Coverage Provisions in a Child Support Order
November 12, 1999
HHS Approves North Dakota Plan to Further Broaden Children's Health Insurtance
November 9, 1999
President Clinton and Surgeon General Satcher Urge Americans to Protect Themselves from the Flu
November 8, 1999
HHS Approves Texas Plan to Further Broaden Children's Health Insurance
November 4, 1999
AoA and HCFA Join Forces to Improve Nursing Home Care; Agencies Announce Awards to National Aging Organizations
HCFA Announces National Medicare Y2K Testing Week
Charlotte M. Brantley Appointed Associate Commissioner of the HHS Child Care Bureau
White House Backgrounder:
The Clinton/Gore Economic Record
November 2, 1999
HCFA Announces 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
November 1, 1999
Publication of Proposed Regulation Ensuring Patient Protections in the Children's Health Insurance Program
October
October 29, 1999
HHS Proposes First-Ever National Standards to Protect Patients' Personal Medical Records
White House Backgrounder:
President Clinton Takes Strong New Steps To Protect The Privacy of Personal Health Information
White House Backgrounder:
Remarks By The President on Medical Privacy
October 26, 1999
"Back to Sleep" Campaign Seeks to Reduce Incidence of SIDS in African American Populations
October 25, 1999
New Guide to Help Local Communities Establish Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
October 22, 1999
HHS Announces Plans to Improve Research Integrity and Prevent Research Misconduct
October 20, 1999
Despite Increases in Mammography Among Older Women, Misperceptions Persist
October 19, 1999
Only 10 Percent of Eligible Families Get Child Care Help, New Report Shows
Medicare Part B Premium Unchanged for 2000
October 18, 1999
Statement by Donna E. Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Issuance of OPTN Final Rule Amendments
Improving the Nation's Organ Transplantation System
HHS Releases Emergency Assistance Funds to New Jersey
October 15, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
President Clinton Announces Initiatives to Prevent Youth Violence
October 13, 1999
Annual Report on Nation's Health Spotlights Elderly Americans
October 12, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
The Clinton-Gore Administration Takes New Steps To Increase Enrollment of Uninsured Children
HHS Completes Y2K End-to-End Testing for Public Health, Welfare, Children's and Grants Disbursement Programs
White House Backgrounder: School-Based Health Insurance Outreach for Children
October 7, 1999
Secretary Shalala Urges Older Americans to Get 1999 Flu Shot
October 6, 1999
Secretary Shalala Calls on All Americans to Help End Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
October 5, 1999
AIDS Falls from Top Fifteen Causes of Death; Teen Births, Homicides Decline; But No Change in Infant Mortality
Stephen E. Straus, M.D., Appointed Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at NIH
September
September 30, 1999
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for Texas
CDC Awards Funding to Community Coalitions for Projects to Help Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
HHS Releases Emergency Energy Assistance Funds to North Carolina
White House Backgrounder:
Key Facts on Census Income and Poverty in America for 1998
September 29, 1999
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for West Virginia
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for Florida
HHS Approves Second Child Welfare Demonstration for Illinois
September 27, 1999
New Executive Director for White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Begins New Duties
September 24, 1999
HHS Awards First Adoption Bonuses
HHS Launches Support for Novel Programs to Increase Organ Donation
White House Backgrounder:
President Clinton Announces First Adoption Bonus Awards to States, Unveils Report that Shows Administration Strategy is Working
September 23, 1999
Nation Reports New Highs in Childhood Immunization Levels
HHS Announces New Child Support Enforcement Records and Awards New Innovation Grants To Strengthen Enforcement Programs
September 22, 1999
Children's Health Insurance Program National Back-to-School Kick Off
September 21, 1999
CDC and ATSDR Complete Successful Y2K End-to-End Testing
HHS Awards "Assets for Independence" Grants
White House Backgrounder:
International Health Initiatives
September 16, 1999
HHS Awards $3.9 Million To Improve HIV/AIDS Care Delivery to African Americans and Underserved Individuals
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for Maryland
CDC Data Provides Most Complete Estimate To Date On Food-Borne Disease in the United States
September 14, 1999
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for Colorado
September 13, 1999
HHS Awards $100 Million To States Achieving Biggest Reductions in Out-Of-Wedlock Births
September 10, 1999
Rural Hospitals, Health Care Systems Strengthened by $13 Million in Grant Awards
September 9, 1999
Secretary Shalala Announces New Food Safety Information Service
September 8, 1999
CHIP Program Now Approved in All States and U.S. Territories
September 3, 1999
HHS Approves Tennessee Plan to Insure More Children
August
August 30, 1999
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala Announces New Grants to Address Domestic Violence
August 27, 1999
HHS Approves Northern Mariana Islands' Plan to Insure Children
HHS Approves Louisiana Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Plan
August 18, 1999
Annual National Drug Survey Results Released
August 3, 1999
HHS Releases $55 Million in Emergency Cooling Assistance
HHS Approves New Jersey Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Plan
August 2, 1999
HHS Reports All States Met Welfare-To-Work Participation Rates for All Families in 1998
July
July 27, 1999
HHS Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement with District of Columbia Department of Health to Ensure Provision of Health Services to Hearing Impaired Medicaid Clients
White House Backgrounder:
The Clinton-Gore Administration Highlights the Importance of Their Plan to Strengthen and Modernize Medicare to Women
July 26, 1999
Medicare Proposes 2000 Physician Fee Schedule
July 22, 1999
New Federal Rules Proposed to Improve Quality and Oversight of Methadone Treatment
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration for the District of Columbia
July 21, 1999
HHS Releases Quality Standards for State Certification of Laboratories Used in Fertility Clinics
July 20, 1999
Statement by Donna E. Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Findings of the Institute of Medicine on Organ Transplantation
July 14, 1999
Researchers Identify a Simple, Affordable Drug Regimen That is Highly Effective in Preventing HIV Infection in Infants of Mothers with the Disease
July 13, 1999
New Projections Show National Health Spending to Grow More Slowly Than Projected Last Year
July 12, 1999
HHS Releases $100 Million In Emergency Cooling Assistance
July 8, 1999
Carmen Nazario Appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration for Children and Families
July 1, 1999
New Egg Safety Steps Announced, Safe Handling Labels and Refrigeration Will Be Required
June
June 29, 1999
President Announces Plan to Strengthen Medicare
White House Backgrounder:
President Clinton's Plan To Modernize and Strengthen Medicare for the 21st Century
June 25, 1999
HCFA Announces New Patients' Rights to Protect Hospitalized Patients
June 17, 1999
HHS Announces Expanded "Senior Patrol" Grants to Help Spot Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid
June 16, 1999
HHS Announces Three Sites for Special Crisis Response Teams To Battle HIV/AIDS in Minority Communities
HHS: Addressing HIV/AIDS Among Urban Minority Communities
June 14, 1999
HHS Approves Child Welfare Demonstration For New Mexico
June 10, 1999
New Report Documents Improvements in Americans' Health
June 4, 1999
Shalala Appoints Chair and Members of Genetic Testing Advisory Committee
May
May 26, 1999
HHS Joins the INS and State Department in Clarifying 'Public Charge' Guidance
May 25, 1999
Statement by Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala on the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene
May 24, 1999
HHS Launches New $5 Million Program To Increase Organ and Tissue Donation
White House Backgrounder:
Working to Strengthen Families
May 19, 1999
National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative
May 7, 1999
Catherine Dodd Appointed HHS Region IX Director
April
April 29, 1999
Teen Birth Rate Down in All States
April 22, 1999
Tobacco Billboards Replaced with Pro-Health Messages
Medicare Announces New Administrative Process for National Coverage Decisions
Girl Power! Campaign Launches New BodyWise Web Site
April 20, 1999
HHS Unveils New Immunization Public Service Campaign at National Infant Immunization Week Kickoff
Children's Health Insurance Program Reaches 1998 Target
Annual Report Shows Continuing Decline in U.S. Cancer Incidence and Death Rates
April 16, 1999
Organ Donations Increase in 1998 Following National Initiative and New Regulations
April 14, 1999
Study Shows Three Cigarette Brands Dominate Youth Smoking
April 13, 1999
HHS Approves American Samoa's Plan to Insure Children
April 12, 1999
The Patients' Bill of Rights in Medicare and Medicaid
April 9, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
A "Real" Patients' Bill of Rights for All Americans
April 6, 1999
Medicare Claims Now Required to be Y2K Compliant
HHS Announces $710 Million in Grants to States for HIV/AIDS Care and Medications
April 1, 1999
Medicare Toll-Free Line is now Available Nationwide
HHS Reports New Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
March
March 30, 1999
Medicare Trustees Issue Annual Reports
March 29, 1999
Local Residents Appointed to National Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration
HHS Approves Guam's Plan To Insure More Children
White House Backgrounder: Protecting Older Americans, Expanding Long-Term Care
March 26, 1999
HHS Launches "Be Their Dad" Parental Responsibility Campaign
HHS/Avon Running Announces the Girl Power! Mile
White House Backgrounder: Protecting Older Americans, Expanding Long-Term Care
March 25, 1999
To Help Health Providers Prepare for Y2K, HCFA Establishes Toll-Free Phone Line and Hosts Conferences Nationwide
March 24, 1999
Inspector General Report Shows Most Medicare Providers Belive They Will Be Ready for Y2K, but Some Still Lagging
March 19, 1999
HHS Approves West Virginia Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Program
March 15, 1999
Shalala Appoints Three Physicians to Advisory Council and First Woman to Chair Council
White House Backgrounder:
Safeguarding Americans from the Threat of Terrorism
March 12, 1999
Improving Women's Health
March 11, 1999
Dr. Gary Nabel Named Director of NIH Vaccine Research Center
Nonprescription Drugs to Get New, Easy-to-Understand Labels
White House Backgrounder:
Protecting the Health of All Americans
Salmonella and Campylobacter Illnesses on the Decline
March 3, 1999
Secretary Shalala and Labor Secretary Herman Announce Medical Child Support Working Group to Improve Health Insurance
March 2, 1999
National Colorectal Cancer Campaign Announced by CDC, HCFA and NCI
White House Backgrounder: For America's Future --
Putting Families First
March 1, 1999
White House Backgrounder: Making Progress: Moving People From Welfare to Work
February
February 26, 1999
HHS Inspector General Warns of Cigar Use Among Teens
HHS Announces $62 Million to Fund Battered Women's Shelters
February 25, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Saving Social Security and Strengthening Medicare for All Generations
February 23, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Educating America's Families About Children's Health Insurance
February 11, 1999
The Clinton Administration's Initiative to Improve Health Care Access for Uninsured Workers
February 9, 1999
Audit Shows Dramatic Decline In Medicare Overpayments
February 8, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
America's National Drug Control Strategy
February 3, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Strengthening Medicare for the 21st Century
January
January 29, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Announces New Efforts to Support Transitioning Foster Care Youth
January 27, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Save Social Security, Strengthen Medicare
January 25, 1999
Consumer Assessments and Performance of Medicare Health Plans Now Available on Internet
White House Backgrounder:
Building on Welfare-to-Work Success -- Helping Fathers Move Off the Welfare Roll and Onto the Payroll
January 22, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Keeping America Secure for the 21st Century
Report Shows Significant Waiting Time Disparities for Organ Transplant Recipients
Medicare Announces New Ambulance Coverage Regulation
HHS Approves Wisconsin Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Plan
January 21, 1999
Perez Named Director of Office for Civil Rights
January 19, 1999
HHS Approves Hawaii Plan for Children's Health Insurance
January 15, 1999
Medicare Managed Care Risk Adjustment Method Announced
January 14, 1999
HHS Launches New Quality Resource for Health Professionals on the World Wide Web
January 13, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Economic Opportunities for All Americans
January 11, 1999
HHS Approves New Mexico Plan for Children's Health Insurance
January 7, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Increasing the Quality of Learning, Expanding After-School Programs for America's Future
January 6, 1999
Jane Browning Appointed New Executive Director of President's Committee on Mental Retardation
January 4, 1999
White House Backgrounder:
Strengthening Families That Need Long-Term Care
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