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The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
Federal Occupational Health. Federal Occupational Health (FOH) is a non-appropriated agency currently within the Program Support Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the largest provider of occupational health services in the U.S. federal government, providing services exclusively to federal agencies.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisory group to the United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on policy development and provides coordination and support for HHS's strategic and policy planning, planning and development of legislation, program evaluation, data gathering, policy-related research, and ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Medscape Education today announced an upcoming free, accredited, online educational program, supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department ...
The United States Public Health Service ( USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The Assistant Secretary for Health oversees the PHS. The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) is the ...
ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.
Overall, President Bush is asking for $55.5 billion for discretionary programs under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a 5.1% increase over last year. Nearly all of the health ...