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Children wrongly dropped from Medicaid due to automation ‘glitch’
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services asked states to review computer-automated processes to ensure children and parents are evaluated separately.
Latest Ukraine aid request includes funds for USAID, HHS, Energy Dept.
Request includes $14.5 billion for State Dept. humanitarian assistance and global food security, $900 million for health care and support services.
ServiceNow wins $250 million contract to simplify HHS purchasing
Company said its products and services can help HHS simplify ordering and shorten procurement times.
By Federal Times staff
White House issues national strategy to support home health care
Each year, around 53 million people provide a broad range of assistance to support the health, quality of life, and independence of someone close to them.
By Federal Times staff
Medicaid extensions for new moms may run into state spending limits
The federal government requires states to maintain that coverage for 60 days postpartum. After that, moms in many states lose the coverage.
Lessons learned from the pandemic in modernizing public health systems
Agency leaders from Ventura County, California, and Winnebago, Illinois, spoke about how they transformed their technology infrastructure and processes to handle COVID-19 and how they plan to replicate and scale these changes to impact service delivery beyond pandemic-related needs.
By William Hudson
More patient-facing feds required to get COVID vaccine
Medical staff at the Department of Health and Human Services who have the potential to be in contact with patients will be required to receive vaccination against COVID-19.
By Jessie Bur
Federal agencies grapple with how to approach union relations
President Joe Biden's order to reverse Trump-era labor relations policy has played out differently across federal agencies.
By Jessie Bur
Becerra confirmed to shepherd Biden’s ambitious health plans
Xavier Becerra became the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services after a close Senate vote March 18.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Barr says FBI probing cyber incident on federal network
U.S. national security officials said Monday there had been a "cyber incident" involving the computer networks of the Health and Human Services Department, but the networks were operating normally.
HHS grapples with a cyber incident amid coronavirus
The department's systems are "fully operational," a spokesperson said.
By Andrew Eversden