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
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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
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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
This Week in Washington: The House and Senate return to face funding the government and other issues; the administration reverses for good the Trump-era “public charge” rule....more
This Week in Washington: Administration focuses on mental health and monkeypox issues...more
This Week in Washington: House Passes Inflation Reduction Act by a vote of 220-207...more
This Week in Washington: The Senate waits to see if budget reconciliation agreement has enough votes to pass....more
This Week in Washington: Sen. Manchin Expresses Support for a More Limited Budget Reconciliation Package That Includes Health Provisions...more