This Week in Washington: President and Speaker McCarthy to meet on debt limit with 10 days to go, House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health marks up 17 bills, House Appropriations Committee begins moving appropriation...more
This Week in Washington: Debt Ceiling Continues to Loom Over the Capitol; DEA Extends COVID-19 Controlled Medications Prescribing Telehealth Flexibilities...more
5/16/2023
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This Week in Washington: Debt Limit fight continues; Disagreements arise during Senate HELP Committee mark-up of PBM and Generic Drug Competition Bills...more
This Week in Washington: House Republicans release debt ceiling plan, Speaker McCarthy moves forward with proposal that includes Medicaid work requirements...more
This Week in Washington: CMS Releases Annual Payment Rules for Skilled Nursing Facilities, Hospice and Other Segments of Medicare...more
This Week in Washington: FDA Approves Narcan OTC Nasal Spray, Senate Finance Committee Investigates Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices...more
This Week in Washington: HHS Secretary appears before Senate Finance and Senate Appropriations Committees...more
This Week in Washington: CMS releases first list of Inflation Rebate Program drugs, initial guidance on Medicare Drug Negotiation Program...more
Upcoming Hearings -
March 15 -
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Hearing: “Examining the Future Path of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” -
3:30 p.m., Dirksen Senate Building 106...more
This Week in Washington: Workforce issues studied, PBMs under more scrutiny...more
Upcoming Hearings -
March 22 -
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Hearing: “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?” 10:00 a.m.,...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden delivers State of the Union Address, House votes to end CDC COVID-19 Foreign Air Traveler Vaccine Mandate...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden announces ending date of COVID-19 PHE, House begins investigations into COVID-19 origins; State of the Union scheduled for Feb. 7...more
2/7/2023
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This Week in Washington: Fighting over how to proceed on the debt limit; Congress still finalizing committee assignments...more
This Week in Washington: House and Senate not in session, U.S. reaches debt-ceiling limit...more
This Week in Washington: House assigns members to committees and finalizes committee chairmanships...more
This Week in Washington: 118th Congress begins, House finally chooses Speaker...more
1/10/2023
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This Week in Washington: All Efforts Are on Funding the Government Through the Rest of the Fiscal Year...more
This Week in Washington: Waiting for the election results from Georgia Senate race; mental health legislation continues to be discussed and CBO publishes option book...more
This Week in Washington: Congress returns to complete appropriations and year-end legislation....more
This Week in Washington: Countdown to Election Day- Focus on polls, campaigns and who will be in control of the House and Senate...more
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Progressive Caucus Members Announce Bill to Rename Medicare Advantage -
Two members of the House Progressive Caucus announced they will introduce legislation that would change the name of Medicare...more
This Week in Washington: Congress Passes Continuing Resolution until Dec. 16; House Leaves Until After Election; Senate to be Back Mid-October....more
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On Sept. 21, the House Ways & Means Committee passed two bills to improve Medicare’s inpatient psychiatric facility payment system and add intensive inpatient program coverage...more
This Week in Washington: Congress Focuses on FDA User Fee Legislation, Telehealth and Continuing Resolution; Administration Issues Executive Order on Biomanufacturing....more