Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

The indictment claims from 2004 to 2012, Conn, Daugherty and Adkins submitted false medical documents to the SSA, requesting past, present and future Medicare and Medicaid payments for 2,000 individuals.

Psychologist, judge, lawyer charged in plot to steal $600 million

Anna Giaritelli · April 6, 2016 4:06 am

The Office of the Inspector General at the Health & Human Services Dept. announced Monday that the man at the top of its most-wanted list had finally been arrested. (AP Photo)

Feds snatch most-wanted criminal after 21 years

Anna Giaritelli · April 4, 2016 9:43 pm

The study, released Thursday, looked at a random sampling of short-term inpatient care records and concluded that one-third of the stays were inappropriately billed. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

HHS watchdog: One-third of Medicare hospice claims were improper

Anna Giaritelli · March 31, 2016 11:07 pm

Administration intends to let religious providers to compete for funding on the same level as other groups. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gov’t aims to beef up religious liberty protection

Robert King · March 31, 2016 6:25 pm

"The administration funneled $1.3 billion last year into the Basic Health Program without a congressional appropriation, a clear violation of the law," Kevin Brady and Fred Upton said. (AP Photos)

Lawmakers subpoena HHS for info about Obamacare payments

Joel Gehrke · March 29, 2016 9:38 pm

Lawmakers want to know about diagnostic testing, vaccines and treatments for the virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

GOP wants more answers on Zika

Robert King · March 29, 2016 9:08 pm

A government report released Monday stressed that nearly 2 million uninsured, low-income people with a substance abuse disorder or mental illness live in states that haven't expanded Medicaid. (AP Photo)

Report: Expanding Medicaid can help mental health

Robert King · March 28, 2016 6:00 pm

The food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, helped 45 million people in 2015 and accounted for $74 billion in spending. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

HHS study defends government’s war on poverty

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2016 9:35 pm

Gleyse Kelly da Silva holds her daughter Maria Giovanna as she sleeps in their house in Recife, Brazil, a focal point in the fight against the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Republicans want to use Ebola funds to fight Zika

Robert King · March 14, 2016 5:01 am

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said, "Expanding access to medication-assisted treatment and integrating these services in health centers bolsters nationwide efforts to curb opioid misuse and abuse." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

HHS doles out $94 million to fight opioid addiction

Robert King · March 11, 2016 4:57 pm

A report found that in 2014 the HHS gave out loans to failed consumer-oriented and operated plans, despite clear warning signs they weren't reliable. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Report: HHS ignored co-op problems

Robert King · March 10, 2016 4:32 pm

Patients spent nearly $457 billion on prescription drugs, almost 8 percent more than in 2014. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Spending on prescription drugs rose in 2015

Robert King · March 8, 2016 9:15 pm