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HHS Celebrates Contributions to People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON -- HHS today has recognized the significant achievements of five leaders in science, education, business and entertainment during a ceremony celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month. During the ceremony, other honorees were also acknowledged for their role in support of the Administration's commitment for full inclusion in the workforce...
Tags: disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-27
ICF International Awarded Department of Health and Human Services Contract Valued at Nearly $7M
ICF to Develop National Youth in Transition Database FAIRFAX, Va. -- ICF Information Technology, LLC, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), announced today that it was awarded a new contract with Department of Health and Human Services HHS Administration for Children and Families ACF Children's Bureau to develop its...
Tags: Government, performance, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-21
Department of Health and Human Services Awards ICF International Contract Valued at $4M
ICF International to Lead HIV/AIDS and STD Awareness and Prevention Program FAIRFAX, Va. -- Z-Tech, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), announced today that it was awarded a new contract by the Department of Health and Human Services HHS to provide regionally based technical assistance and training for preventing...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-21
HHS to Celebrate Contributions of People with Disabilities
HHS will highlight the contributions of those who are advancing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act and President Bush's New Freedom Initiative NFI. These awardees represent models of what all of us, with and without disabilities, can contribute to this effort.[TABLE OMITTED] Honorees include: *...
Tags: disability, Dr., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-21
ICF International Awarded Contracts In Excess of $40 Million
Firm to Provide Training and Technical Assistance Services to Head Start Program for the Department of Health and Human Services FAIRFAX, Va. -- ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) announced today that its subsidiary, ICF Incorporated, LLC, was awarded a number of new contracts to provide state-based training and technical assistance services...
Tags: agency, Government, MARKETING, training, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-20
Medicaid Spending Projected to Rise Much Faster Than the Economy, HHS Reports
Cumulative Spending on Medicaid Benefits Projected to Reach $4.9 Trillion Over 10 Years WASHINGTON -- Under current law, spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to a new annual report released today by the Centers...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicaid, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-17
Feds give Louisiana $61M to help residents with heating, cooling
Louisiana will receive $61.5 million from the federal government to help low-income households pay heating and cooling costs, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said. Louisiana will receive the funds from the federal government's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. LIHEAP...
Tags: Government, Louisiana, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-17
HHS Preparing to Open FDA Offices in China, India, Europe, and Latin America This Year
Globalization of the Agency a Key Part of Import Safety Action Plan to Enhance Product Safety WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will send the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA staff to China, India, Europe, and Latin America before the end of 2008,...
Tags: Administration, China, FDA, food, Globalization, Government, Manufacturing, secretary, Strategy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-16
More Than Five Billion Dollars Released Under LIHEAP
WASHINGTON -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the release of $5.1 billion from the federal government's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP under the Fiscal Year 2009 Continuing Resolution. The funds will assist states, territories, tribal areas and the District of Columbia with addressing their energy needs, particularly...
Tags: Government, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-16
U.S. Government Issues Declaration Covering Emergent BioSolutions' BioThrax® and Anthrax Immune Globulin under Prep Act
HHS Secretary Determines That Potential Threat of Exposure to Anthrax Constitutes a Public Health Emergency ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that two medical countermeasures included in its anthrax franchise -- BioThrax[R] Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed and Anthrax Immune Globulin AIG -- have been included as...
Tags: declaration, Emergent Biosolutions, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Government
Research articles 2008-10-09
HHS Announces Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
WASHINGTON -- Adults gain substantial health benefits from two and a half hours a week of moderate aerobic physical activity, and children benefit from an hour or more of physical activity a day, according to the new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The comprehensive set of recommendations for people of...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-10-07
U.S. Government to Purchase Additional 14.5 Million Doses of BioThrax under New Contract Valued at up to $404 Million
New Contract Extends USG's Commitment to Purchase BioThrax Through 3Q 2011 and is a Follow-on to the Existing 2007, $448 Million Contract ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a new, multi-year, firm fixed price contract with the U.S. Department of Health and...
Tags: Emergent Biosolutions, FDA, Government, HEALTHCARE, procurement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Government, vaccine
Research articles 2008-10-01
Emergent BioSolutions Signs Contract with BARDA/NIAID, Valued at Up to $29.7 Million, to Fund Development of AV7909 - A Next Generation Anthrax Vaccine
--AV7909 Contract is in Addition to Recently Announced $24 Million Development Contract for Anthrax Monoclonal and Pending Proposal to Supply HHS with Up to 25 Million Doses of a Recombinant Anthrax Vaccine ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a contract with BARDA/NIAID,...
Tags: Emergent Biosolutions, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, vaccine
Research articles 2008-09-26
HHS Meeting Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Health IT
Agenda Features a Live Demonstration of the Nationwide Health Information Network; New Public-Private Health IT Group to Announce its Board of Directors The 24th meeting of the American Health Information Community AHIC Tuesday, September 23, will showcase real time data exchanges among 19 organizations currently participating in the Nationwide...
Tags: Benefits, E-health, HEALTHCARE, secretary, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-09-22
Feds award Louisiana $840,000 in emergency energy assistance
Mike Leavitt, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said Louisiana will be given $840,121 in emergency energy assistance. The funding is from the federal government's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides states, territories, tribal areas and the District of Columbia with...
Tags: Government, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-09-18
HHS takes new steps to accelerate adoption of electronic prescribing
Medicare Payments for Successful Electronic Prescribers, Reporting Quality Data are Important Steps Toward a Value-Driven Health Care System ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the technology. E-prescribing...
Tags: Benefits, E-prescribing, HEALTHCARE, incentive, Medicare, physician, SALES, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-09-01
HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama
WASHINGTON -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP, in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama continue to receive their health care items and services. "Hurricane Gustav is quickly...
Tags: beneficiary, Benefits, Declaration, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, patient, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-09-01
Leavitt deploys aid to the Gulf
Mike Leavitt, the former Utah governor who is now secretary of Health and Human Services, on Sunday acted to help Louisiana and Texas evacuate scores of patients with special medical needs before Hurricane Gustav arrives. "Our thoughts are with those potentially in the path of Hurricane Gustav," Leavitt...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, patient, SOFTWARE, Texas, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-09-01
HHS Supports Medical Evacuations in Preparation for Hurricane Gustav
WASHINGTON -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that HHS personnel will assist the states of Louisiana and Texas in evacuating an estimated 900 special medical needs patients today and in providing care for evacuated patients. The assistance is part of HHS' aid to states as they prepare for the...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, patient, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-08-31
Harte-Hanks Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
SAN ANTONIO -- Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS) today reported that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 7.5 cents per share payable on September 19, 2008, to the holders of record of shares of common stock of the company at the close of business on...
Tags: advertisement, board, dividend, FINANCE, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2008-08-27
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