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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Telehealth: Trump Administration Issues Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access
- Trump Administration Announces New Actions to Improve Access to Healthcare Across America
Health Care: Trump Administration Issues Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Statement on Trump’s Executive Order on Domestic Drug Manufacturing
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, August 4
Health Care: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein File Amicus Brief in Second Circuit Court of Appeals to Overturn Administration Rule on Non-Discrimination in Health Care Programs
Wednesday, August 5
Veterans’ Affairs: U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act to Improve Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Care
Coronavirus: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette Send Second Oversight Letter to Trump Administration Seeking Answers Regarding National COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
Nursing Homes: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal Calls on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to Improve Reliability of Data Collected from Long-Term Care Facilities
Thursday, August 6
Coronavirus:
- Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray and Senator Jack Reed Write to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper About Plans to Lead Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines
- House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Congresswoman Katie Porter Send Letters to Nation’s Largest Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment Providers Seeking Answers About Series of Coronavirus Outbreaks
Friday, August 7
Veterans’ Affairs: House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano Announces Support for Two Bipartisan Bills to Help Prevent Veteran Suicide by Expanding Access to Virtual Mental Healthcare and Teaching Critical Coping Strategies to Veterans’ Families
Coronavirus: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden Introduces Legislation to Guarantee Affordable Vaccine and Access to Health Care
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, August 4
CMS:
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues Proposed Rule Announcing and Soliciting Public Comments on Proposed Policy Changes for Medicare Payments Under Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Part B Issues
- CMS Proposes Policy Entitled, “Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors”
- CMS Finalizes Medicare Payment Rule Advancing Efforts to Strengthen Medicare Program by Aligning Payments for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Thursday, August 6
HHS:
- S. Department of Health and Human Services, through Health and Resources and Services Administration, Awards Over $101 Million to Combat Substance Use Disorders and Opioid Use Disorders
- S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards Contract to TrialCard to Help Reduce New HIV Infections in America
Friday, August 7
HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces Allocations of CARES Act Provider Relief Fund for Nursing Homes
FDA: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Opioid “Olivyk” for Intravenous Use in Hospitals to Combat Sever Acute Pain in Adults
UPCOMING EVENTS
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) for 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Virtual Meeting
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Remarks and Discussion with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Virtual Meeting
Food and Drug Administration
Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee
Friday, October 2, 2020, 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Teleconference