The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released what it called a "comprehensive review" of transgender care for children and teens on Thursday, calling for broader use of psychotherapy for young people with gender dysphoria rather than gender ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday a series of proposed actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a 400-page report rejecting gender-affirming care for minors and recommending “exploratory psychotherapy” instead as the preferred way to treat transgender youth suffering from gender dysphoria.

The internal watchdog said its audit found that Medicaid programs paid $207 million to managed care organizations on behalf of deceased enrollees between July 2021 to July 2022.

The U.S. Health and Human Services released a report reviewing medical interventions for minors seeking gender-affirming care. In the 400-page review published May 1, unnamed authors determined there’s a lack of evidence supporting interventions such as ...

In a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, members of Congress expressed their concerns regarding eligible professionals’ and eligible hospitals’ participation in meaningful use incentive programs and requested increasing program flexibility.

(CNN) — An upcoming report from the US Department of Health and Human services is likely to link the development of autism in children to a common over-the-counter pain reliever, and it will reference a form of the vitamin folic acid as a way to reduce ...

But with that innovation comes risk, and the latest report from the Department of Health and Human Services’s Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force shows healthcare still has a ways to go to mitigating threats to patient privacy and security. While the past decade has seen significant technological evolution in healthcare, including adoption of electronic health records, digital ...

HHS is proposing a rule that would boost rewards to as much as $9.9 million to people whose reports about suspected Medicare fraud lead to successful fund recoveries. The changes are modeled on an IRS program that has returned $2 billion in fraud since 2003.

Hospitals have been told to report to the HHS database beginning Wednesday. The Trump administration pushed back Wednesday after public health officials and lawmakers sounded alarms over a new program that directs hospitals to report COVID-19 data directly ...