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WASHINGTON DC -- President Donald Trumps "actions and rhetoric" have tarnished the administrations legacy, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a resignation letter submitted this week. Azar submitted the standard resignation letter for a Cabinet secretary to offer an outgoing president, dated January 12 and obtained by CNN Friday. Contrary to the @CNN chyron, I am still here serving the American people at HHS. I believe it is my duty to help ensure a smooth transition to Presi...

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Friday submitted a letter to the White House announcing his departure on Inauguration Day.

Get Permission The Department of Health and Human Services has slapped insurer Excellus Health Plan with a $5.1 million settlement in the wake of a 2015 breach that affected more than 9.3 million individuals. Excellus, which serves upstate and western New York, in September 2015 filed a breach report stating that intruders had gained unauthorized access to its information systems, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights says in a statement Friday. The Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan reported that th...

State leaders accused the Trump administration of failing to provide a promised stockpile of new vaccine doses this week.

Health Secretary Alex Azar late Friday rebutted an anonymously-sourced CNN report that claimed he resigned. "Contrary to the ...

Get Permission In a ruling that could have a profound impact on HIPAA enforcement, a U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated a $4.3 million HIPAA civil monetary penalty levied by federal regulators against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the wake of three breaches involving unencrypted mobile devices. The court called the penalty “arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law.” In its ruling, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Louisiana was critical of the Department of ...

New changes have moved frontline workers down the list for getting a coronavirus vaccine.

President Donald Trump's "actions and rhetoric" have tarnished the administration's legacy, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a resignation letter submitted this week.

HHS secretary says he will work to smooth transition to President-elect Joe Biden's team.

A Small but Certain Step Toward Removing the “X” Waiver SHARE On January 14, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new, relaxed guidelines for physicians wishing to prescribe buprenorphine to their patients with opioid use disorder. While the so‐​called “X” waiver required of prescribers remains, the new guidelines permit physicians (not nurse practitioners or physician assistants) to prescribe buprenorphine without the waiver. They may only prescribe to pati...