WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Tuesday, December 21
Coronavirus: Biden Administration Announces Actions to Help Communities and Hospitals Battle Omicron
Wednesday, December 22
Coronavirus: President Biden Releases Statement on FDA Authorization of Pfizer Anti-Viral COVID-19 Treatment
Thursday, December 23
Therapeutics: President Biden Signs Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act (H.R. 3537)
Monday, December 27
Coronavirus
- Biden Administration Speaks to National Governors Association on COVID-19 Response
- President Biden Issues Memorandum on Maximizing Assistance to Respond to COVID-19
Wednesday, December 29
Coronavirus: Biden Administration Holds Briefing With COVID-19 Response Team
Tuesday, January 4
Coronavirus: President Biden Remarks on COVID-19
Wednesday, January 5
Coronavirus: Biden Administration Holds Briefing With COVID-19 Response Team
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Monday, December 20
Mental Health: House Energy and Commerce Committee Members Request Briefing on Website Encouraging Suicide
Monday, January 3
Mental Health: Senate Finance Committee Invites Surgeon General to Discuss Youth Mental Health
Friday, January 7
Medicare: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) Announces Support For CMS Part D Proposed Rule
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, December 21
Medicare: CMS Publishes Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Final Rule
Healthcare: CMS Releases Enrollment Figures for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program
Wednesday, December 22
Health Coverage: CMS Announces 13.6 Million People Signed Up for Health Coverage on ACA Marketplace
Thursday, December 23
Medicaid: Biden Administration Rescinds Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements
Monday, December 27
Medicare: CMS Publishes Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals Final Rule
Tuesday, December 28
Health Coverage: CMS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 Proposed Rule
Wednesday, December 29
Medicaid: CMS Approves California Department of Health Care Services’ Extension Request for Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
Drug Pricing: CMS Rescinds Most Favored Nation Model Interim Final Rule
Monday, January 3
Surprise Billing: CMS Announces Patient Protections Under No Surprises Act
Thursday, January 6
Medicare: CMS Publishes 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule
EVENTS
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearing on “Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response”
January 11, 2022 10:00 AM
House Rules Committee
Hearing on “Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters”
January 19, 2022 10:00 AM