LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
HHS Declares a Public Health Emergency in Puerto Rico Due to Zika Virus.
Major Health Insurer, Aetna, to Pull Out of Most of the Exchanges Created by the ACA.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
August 17
Obama Administration Announces New Efforts to Fight Opioid, Fentanyl, and Heroin Abuse and Trafficking.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
August 16-18
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price Releases Three Healthcare Videos on Cost Drivers in Health Care, Pre-Existing Conditions, and the Principles of Health Care.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
August 15
CMS Proposes a Rule to Address the Hospital-Specific Limitation on Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments.
HHS Announces the Availability of an Approved Test Tool and Procedures for the Testing of Health IT Modules for Four 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria Under the ONC Health IT Certification Program.
August 18
CMS Provides Information on the Expiration of Medicare ICD-10 Flexibilities. Page | 2
Other News
August 15
United Network for Organ Sharing Proposes to Redraw the Map Governing Liver Transplantation.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
- Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting
- Evaluating APC group structure, addressing procedures within an APC group, reviewing the packaging of OPPS services and costs, and other related topics.
- August 22 and 23 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CMS Main Auditorium
- August 22 and 23 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Evaluating APC group structure, addressing procedures within an APC group, reviewing the packaging of OPPS services and costs, and other related topics.
- Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Women’s Services (ACWS)
- Discussions on child welfare and substance use disorders among families; improving the health of women and girls; recovery-oriented systems of care; accountable health communities; and a conversation with the SAMHSA Deputy of Operations and the Chief of Staff.
- August 24 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- SAMHSA Conference Room 5N76
- August 24 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Discussions on child welfare and substance use disorders among families; improving the health of women and girls; recovery-oriented systems of care; accountable health communities; and a conversation with the SAMHSA Deputy of Operations and the Chief of Staff.
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Meeting
- Review of the Director’s report and discussions of SAMHSA’s role regarding treatment of mental illness, substance use disorders, and a budget update.
- August 24 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SAMHSA Conference Room 5E29
- August 24 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Review of the Director’s report and discussions of SAMHSA’s role regarding treatment of mental illness, substance use disorders, and a budget update.
- Center for Mental Health Services Meeting
- Presentations on Improving Inpatient Care and Family Caregiver Challenges and Solutions.
- August 24 | 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
SAMHSA Conference Room A03
- August 24 | 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Presentations on Improving Inpatient Care and Family Caregiver Challenges and Solutions.
- Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children Meeting
- Presentations and Discussion on sequencing and potential impact on newborn screening and public health, screening for Lysosomal Storage Disorders, newborn screening timeliness, pilot studies for future nominated conditions, and the National Contingency Plan for Newborn Screening, among other things.
- August 25 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- August 26 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
HHS – 56355 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852
- Presentations and Discussion on sequencing and potential impact on newborn screening and public health, screening for Lysosomal Storage Disorders, newborn screening timeliness, pilot studies for future nominated conditions, and the National Contingency Plan for Newborn Screening, among other things.
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