Tag: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

NIH Failed to Monitor EcoHealth Funding, Did Not Understand the Research Being Done: HHS-OIG Report

National Institutes for Health (NIH) officials failed to monitor EcoHealth funding awards properly and thus could not fully understand the research being conducted by the nonprofit at U.S. taxpayers’ expense, according to investigators with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG). “Despite identifying potential risks associated with research…


NIH Failed to Monitor EcoHealth Funding, Didn’t Understand the Research Being Done: HHS-OIG Report

National Institutes for Health (NIH) officials failed to monitor EcoHealth funding awards properly and thus couldn’t fully understand the research being conducted by the nonprofit at U.S. taxpayers’ expense, according to investigators with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG). “Despite identifying potential risks associated with research being…


Federal Judge Orders HHS to Properly Reimburse Hospitals for Prescription Drugs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must immediately halt 30 percent reimbursement cuts to hospitals made under the 340B program aimed at helping poor patients, a federal judge ordered. The ruling (pdf) in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, civil action 18-2084, was issued on Sept. 28 by Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama…


Federal Court Blocks Biden Rule Forcing ER Docs to Perform Abortions Against Their Faith

A federal judge blocked, for the time being, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulatory guidance that sought to compel emergency room doctors to perform abortions even if doing so violates their conscience or religious faith. In a 67-page decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, enjoined…


Federal Court Blocks Biden Rule Forcing ER Doctors to Perform Abortions Against Their Faith

A federal judge in Texas blocked, for the time being, regulatory guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that sought to compel emergency room doctors to perform abortions even if doing so violates their conscience or religious faith. In a 67-page decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas,…