With sweeping changes that include reorganizing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has begun the “transformation” mandated by an executive order from President Donald Trump. On March 27, HHS announced that changes — which will involve the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the…
HHS Starts ‘Transformation’ that will Reorganize CMS, Other Health-Care Agencies
Briefly: RFK Jr. Sworn in as HHS Secretary; DAV Hiring Guide Offers Best Practices
Featuring the Department of Health & Human Services and Disabled American Veterans.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sworn in as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the 26th secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Kennedy was sworn on Feb. 13, following Senate confirmation along party lines. As NPR reported, Democrats opposed Kennedy’s “conspiracy theories” linking vaccines to autism…
CMS to Allow Advance DME Payments Following Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Medicare announcement is an attempt to preserve health cash flows for health-care providers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will consider advance payments to Part B suppliers experiencing disruption in claims payments after a cyberattack on Change Healthcare in late February. CMS announced the plan to accelerate payments on March 9. On its website, Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, said it discovered the cyberattack on…