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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

This week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update” includes the latest on a series of healthcare bills scheduled for House votes, including one to repeal the medical device tax; Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott...more

7/24/2018  /  Affordable Care Act , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Flexible Savings Accounts (FSAs) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Savings Accounts , Medical Device Tax , Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) , MIPS , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Pharmacies , Repeal

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE PANEL TO EXAMINE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO STARK LAW - Senior Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are scheduled to testify this week before a House subcommittee examining whether laws governing physician...more

7/17/2018  /  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Health Savings Accounts , Medicare , Physicians , Self-Referral , Stark Law

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

LAWMAKERS COOL TO TRUMP PLAN ON HHS, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION - The response from lawmakers on Capitol Hill to the White House plan to reorganize the federal government – including proposed changes to multiple healthcare...more

6/26/2018  /  Biologics , Biosimilars , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Medicaid , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE TO VOTE ON DOZENS OF OPIOID BILLS WHILE SENATE READIES COMPREHENSIVE MEASURE - The House this week will begin considering some of the 70 different opioid bills that have been approved by eight different committees,...more

6/12/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , HRSA , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

RYAN SAYS POTENTIAL COMPROMISE COMING ON RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY DRUGS - House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last week said congressional leaders are trying to hammer out compromise legislation that would make it...more

5/22/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Department of Veterans Affairs , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , HELP , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , REMS , Right to Try

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

LAWMAKERS PRAISE, CRITICIZE TRUMP PLAN ON DRUG PRICES - On Capitol Hill, reaction to President Donald Trump’s “American Patients First” plan to bring down prescription drug prices fell predictably along partisan lines:...more

5/15/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

GOP LAWMAKERS: EUROPE, CANADA ‘FREE RIDING’ ON US DRUG INNOVATION - More than two dozen House Republicans last week called on President Donald Trump to leverage upcoming trade negotiations to stop other nations from “free...more

5/8/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medical Devices , Medical Marijuana , Medicare , Medicare Advantage , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

AZAR ILLNESS DELAYS WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT ON DRUG PRICING INITIATIVE - Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is recovering at his home in Indianapolis following his second hospitalization in less than a week...more

4/24/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Generic Drugs , Medicare , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Physicians , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE PANEL TO QUESTION GOTTLIEB ON FDA BUDGET - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will testify Tuesday before a House appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal 2019 budget – which...more

4/17/2018  /  ACOs , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

CONGRESS RECONVENES, WITH A FOCUS ON OPIOIDS - Lawmakers return today to Capitol Hill after a two-week recess, and multiple committees in both the House and Senate are poised to examine the opioid crisis and potential...more

4/10/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Data Security , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Medical Devices , Medicare , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

CONGRESS WORKS TO PASS BUDGET BEFORE FRIDAY’S SHUTDOWN DEADLINE - House leaders are pushing to schedule a vote this week on a $1.3 trillion budget agreement that would give the Senate enough time to pass it before a Friday...more

3/20/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicaid , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE VOTE SET FOR UPDATED ‘RIGHT-TO-TRY’ LEGISLATION - The House will vote Tuesday on updated but still controversial legislation that would give terminally ill patients wider access to prescription drugs that haven’t won...more

3/13/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare Part D , Patient Access , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

CONGRESS RECONVENES WITH FOCUS ON OPIOID LEGISLATION - Congress reconvenes today after a weeklong recess, and a House subcommittee is scheduled to begin a series of hearings focusing on bipartisan efforts to combat the opioid...more

2/27/2018  /  Aetna , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , CVS , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug & Alcohol Abuse , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Mergers , Opioid

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

TRUMP TO RELEASE FISCAL 2019 BUDGET THIS MORNING - The White House this morning is releasing President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget blueprint, which will include funding requests for HHS, FDA, CMS and dozens of other...more

2/12/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Federal Budget , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medical Devices , Opioid , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Congress is expected this week to approve a fifth stopgap budget bill to keep the government open in advance of a Thursday shutdown deadline, and key healthcare provisions could be included in the budget package. If...more

2/6/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , REMS , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

With the government shutdown entering its third day, the Senate scheduled a procedural vote at noon today that could pave the way to end the stalemate – but it’s not clear there’s enough support to break the logjam and reopen...more

1/23/2018  /  Affordable Care Act , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Government Shutdown , HRSA , Medicare , Medicare Part D , National Institute of Health (NIH)

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

House Republicans will gather tonight for a GOP-only meeting to plot strategy on passing a stopgap budget bill, but a breakdown among key senators on separate immigration legislation has elevated the risk of a government...more

1/17/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

With less than two weeks before another deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill say they’re cautiously optimistic about crafting a budget agreement that also would include several key...more

1/9/2018  /  Affordable Care Act , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Healthcare Reform , Medicaid

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

The year-end schedules of the Senate HELP and Finance committees just became more clogged, as the two panels will lead the review of President Trump’s nominee to be Health & Human Services (HHS) secretary. Trump announced...more

11/14/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Individual Mandate , Pharmaceutical Industry , Tax Credits , Telehealth

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

The House last week voted to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through 2022, but disagreements over how to pay for the program are likely to delay consideration in the Senate beyond this month. On a...more

11/7/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Insurance , IPAB , Medicare , Orphan Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said lawmakers will vote this week on legislation to renew federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), even amid unresolved partisan disagreements over...more

10/31/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Cost-Sharing , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Insurance , Medical Devices , Medicare

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

President Donald Trump is considering appointing lawmakers to a bipartisan commission that would develop strategies to lower prescription drug prices, while senators last week called for greater transparency into how...more

10/24/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Generic Drugs , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Pharmaceutical Industry , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

With congressional Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on hold at least for now, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate HELP Committee are seeking to rekindle their work to shore up the health law’s...more

10/3/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Cost-Sharing , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Repeal

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Republicans’ last-ditch effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA) suffered potentially fatal blows as GOP senators in recent days voiced either outright opposition to or serious reservations about legislation pushed by...more

9/26/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Cyber Attacks , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Employer Mandates , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Insurance , Individual Mandate , Malware , Opioid , Repeal

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump face a series of key questions about how or whether to fortify the Affordable Care Act – particularly in the law’s beleaguered individual exchanges – after the Senate last...more

8/1/2017  /  510(k) RTA , Affordable Care Act , Cybersecurity , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance , Medical Devices , Medicare , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Trump Administration
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