LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Medicare: MedPac Releases Its June 2017 Report.
AHCA: CMS Releases a Memorandum from the Office of the Actuary on the Estimated Financial and Coverage Impacts of the American Health Care Act Through 2026.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
June 13
Health Care Reform: Vice President Mike Pence Gives Remarks on Health Care Reform.
Health Care Reform: The White House Issues a Statement on H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
June 12
ACA: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Issues a Statement on Two Reports Released by CMS on Health Insurance Enrollment Trends.
June 13
Prescription Drug Prices: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Introduces a Bill on Drug Prices in the Public Sector and Reintroduces the RxCAP Act.
Prescription Drug Prices: Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Holds a Bipartisan Committee Hearing to Examine Factors that Impact the Cost of Prescription Drugs for Patients.
FDA Nutrition Facts Labels: House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Issues a Statement on the FDA’s Nutrition Facts Label Decision.
Health Care Reform: House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Issues a Statement on the House’s Passage of the Verify First Act.
June 14
HHS Nominations: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Holds a Committee Markup for Nominations to the Department of Treasury and HHS. Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Issues a Statement.
Health Care Reform: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Releases a Statement on the Health Care Reform Bill.
June 15
Medicare and Medicaid: Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Issues a Statement on Proposed Methods to Prevent Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid Programs.
HHS: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Holds a Hearing to “Review the FY2018 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Issue Opening Statements.
Health Care Reform: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Issues a Statement Following the Passage of the VETERAN Act and the Broader Options for Americans Act in the House.
Health Care Reform: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Hosts a Joint Press Conference on Health Care Reform with Military Families and Family Members of Children with Disabilities.
ACA: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Issues a Statement on the ACA.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
June 12
ACA: HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D. Issues a Statement on the Effectuated Enrollment Report and the Health Insurance Exchanges Trends Report.
EHR: HHS OIG Issues a Report on Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Payments.
June 13
Exchanges: CMS to Releases a County-Level Map of Projected Health Insurer Participation in the Exchanges for 2018.
Opioid: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Issues a Statement Outlining New Steps the FDA Is Taking to Evaluate Opioid Drugs with “Abuse-Deterrent Properties.”
June 14
Medicare: CMS Extends the Comment Period for the “Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revisions to Case-mix Methodology” ANPRM.
Health Care Spending: CMS Releases a State By State Health Care Spending Data from 1991-2014.
June 15
Cybersecurity: HHS’s Office for Civil Rights Issues a “Quick-Response Checklist” Outlining A Course of Action in the Event of a Cyber-Attack for HIPAA Covered Entities.
PQRS: CMS Issues a Report on Eligible Professionals’ (EP) Reporting Experience in the PQRS Program.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
HOUSE
The Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Health
Rescheduled: Examining the Extension of Safety Net Health Programs
• June 23 | 9:00 a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
SENATE
The Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration
Review of the FY2018 FDA Budget Request
• June 20 | 10:30 a.m.
192 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Review of the FY2018 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• June 21 | 2:30 a.m.
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Hearing to Review the FY2018 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health
• June 22 | 10:00 a.m.
138 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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