Monthly Archives: January 2012
The State of Women’s Health Video Townhall
Tune in to the State of Women’s Health video townhall where HHS Secretary Sebelius will talk about the health care law and how it helps American women.
The State of LGBT Health in Colorado
Read how the Obama Administration has made LGBT health and well-being a priority.
New CBO Report Supports Innovation Center’s Approach to Improving Care
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is putting new lessons and recommendations into practice. The Innovation Center is charged with engaging doctors, hospitals, and other providers that want to try new approaches to keeping their patients healthy and out of the hospital. Here are just a few examples of how the Innovation Center has already adopted some of CBO’s recommendations.
SURVEILLANCE SUMMARIES: Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009
International Program Highlight
Africa Influenza Surveillance Advances with Recent Data Management Training
RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS: Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
Cracking Down on Insurance Companies, Protecting Consumers
Today, we’re using the rate review tool to protect consumers and crack down on unreasonably high rate increases. We’re announcing that Trustmark Life Insurance Company has unreasonably raised health insurance premiums in: Alabama, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wyoming – which would affect nearly 10,000 residents across these five States.