Department of Health and Human Services

HHS

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was created as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 11, 1953 (5 U.S.C. app.). HHS is the Cabinet-level department of the Federal executive branch most involved with the Nation's human concerns. In one way or another, it touches the lives of more Americans than any other Federal agency. It is a department of people serving people, from newborn infants to persons requiring health services to our most elderly citizens.

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Spending on record

~73,893

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Agency Hierarchy

HHSDepartment of Health and Human ServicesThis agency

CMSCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services

FDAFood and Drug Administration

2 sub-agencies

Active Rulemaking

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1029

Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, etc.

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1014

Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability; Withdrawal

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1033

Excepted Fertility Benefits

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1024

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program; Correction

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1021

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027 and Basic Health Program

ProposedHHS_FRDOC_0001-1017

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule; Tribal Consultation

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