HHS Puts Stamp on Personalized Medicine

摘要

In the United States, the most influential single player in healthcare design and development is the federal Departmentof Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS' budget represents almost a quarter of all federal oudays, and it administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. The Medicare program, which HHS administers through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is the nation's largest health insurer, handling more than one billion claims per year.