2013 News Releases

January | February

February

• Health care law protects consumers against worst insurance practices

• HHS providing states with additional flexibility, resources to enhance care

• Health care law allows consumers to easily find and compare options starting in 2014

• Secretary Sebelius announces new HHS regional director
• HHS announces 27 Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns awards

• Winner of Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge competition announced

• HHS partners with Illinois on health insurance marketplace

• HUD AND HHS PARTNER TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING AND SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announce record-breaking recoveries resulting from joint efforts to combat health care fraud

• HHS enforces equal access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in New York and DC

• National Health Service Corps expands the primary care workforce

• At-risk Latinas targeted in heart attack awareness campaign
• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on African-American History Month
• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on American Heart Month
• Reforms of regulatory requirements to save health care providers $676 million annually

• Administration issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on recommended preventive services policy | En Español

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January

• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Statement from Assistant Secretary Nicole Lurie on FDA approval of new influenza vaccine manufactured with novel technology

• New rule protects patient privacy, secures health information
• HHS awards $1.5 billion to support states building Health Insurance Marketplaces

• Statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius on President’s Sandy Hook Response Plan

• New designs to make health records easier for patients to use

• Millions of Americans newly eligible for quality, affordable health coverage in 2014 | En Español

• More Doctors, Hospitals Partner to Coordinate Care for People with Medicare | En Español

• Additional states conditionally approved to build health insurance marketplaces

• HHS announces first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients

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