LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Health Care Reform: The Senate Releases a Discussion Draft of the Health Care Reform Bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Release Statements on the Discussion Draft.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
June 19
Health Care Reform: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Delivers a Statement from the Senate Floor on the Senate Health Care Bill.
June 20
Health Care Reform: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Delivers a Statement from the Senate Floor on the Senate Health Care Bill.
ACA: Senate Finance Committee Highlights Issues with the ACA.
June 21
Health Care Reform: Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Bob Casey (D-PA) and Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Release a Joint Report on the Impact of the Republican Health Care Bill on Rural Hospitals.
Drug Prices: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Committee Member Peter Welch (D-VT) Issue a Letter to President Trump Regarding Drug Prices.
June 22
NIH Budget: Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Issues an Opening Statement at a Hearing on the FY 2018 Budget Request for NIH.
June 23
Safety Net Health Programs: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Holds a Hearing, Examining the Extension of Safety Net Health Programs. Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Release Statements Regarding the Hearing.
Unimplemented OIG Recommendations: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) Issue a Letter to CMS on Unimplemented OIG Recommendations.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
June 20
Quality Payment Program: CMS Issues a Proposed Rule, Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program.
June 22
Accreditation: CMS Approves CIHQ for Continued Recognition as a Medicare/Medicaid National Accrediting Organization.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare Quality Payment Program Year 2 Proposed Rule Overview
• June 26 | 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Webinar
Improvements to the Medicare Claims Appeal Process and Statistical Sampling Call
• June 29 | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Conference Call
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