LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
CMS Proposes New Mandatory Bundled Payment Models for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, and Surgical Hip/Femur Fracture Treatment Episodes. Proposed Rule Includes Modifications to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
July 22
President Obama Signs into Law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, Which Aims to Curb the Nationwide Opioid and Heroin Abuse Epidemic.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
July 26
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R‐MI) Applauds the Signing of the Bipartisan Opioid Legislation.
July 27
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D‐OR) Expresses Concern Over the Increase Use of Illicit Fentanyl, as Detailed in a Recent DEA Report.
July 29
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R‐WI) and Member Ben Sasse (R‐NE) Write to HHS Secretary Burwell Regarding Reinsurance Payments to Insurers Instead Taxpayers.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
July 25
CDC Updates Zika Virus Guidance for Pregnant Women, Recommending Testing for Up to 14 Days After Exposure.
OIG Releases Report, Hospitals Largely Reported Addressing Requirements for EHR Contingency Plans.
July 27
DEA Releases Report, Counterfeit Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyls: A Global Threat.
July 28
FDA Establishes Docket for Comments on FDA’s Blood Donor Deferral Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of HIV Transmission.
CDC Seeks Nominations for Membership on the Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
FDA Issues Recommendations to Ensure Florida’s Blood Donation Supply is Safe from Zika Transmission.
Other News
July 29
Florida Governor Rick Scott Announces Four Floridians Have Contracted the Zika Virus, Making Florida the First State to Have Local Transmission of the Virus.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
- CMS Special Open Door Forum: Open Payments Notice to Inform Future Rulemaking
- CMS seeks input from Open Payments stakeholders to inform future rulemaking and other enhancements to the program.
- August 2 | 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
via teleconference
- August 2 | 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- CMS seeks input from Open Payments stakeholders to inform future rulemaking and other enhancements to the program.
- Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting and 15th Biannual Tribal Consultation
- Opportunities for tribal leaders to speak openly about the public health issues affecting their tribes.
- August 2 |8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- August 3 |8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Rincon’s Harrah
77 Harrah’s Rincon Way
Valley Center, California 92082
- Opportunities for tribal leaders to speak openly about the public health issues affecting their tribes.
- Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee Meeting
- Update on the National Diabetes Prevention Program
- August 3 | 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Democracy 2 Building, Conference Room
- Update on the National Diabetes Prevention Program
For more information about this issue of Power Play: Washington Week in Review or more legislative and regulatory updates, contact the Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville Government Relations and Public Policy group at (202) 466-6550.