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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Monday, June 15
Medicare: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Leaders Write to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma to Reassert Request for Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to Help Uninsured and Underinsured
Tuesday, June 16
Medicare: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. Writes to CMS Administrator Seema Verma Urging Agency to Release Medicare Date on COVID-19 Outcomes Based on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Wednesday, June 17
Drug Pricing: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Dick Durbin Release Statement on Appeals Court Striking Down HHS Policy to Require Disclosure of Prescription Drug Prices in TV Ads
Thursday, June 18
Nursing Homes: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro Press HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Trump Administration’s Disbursement of Nursing Home Oversight Funds
Friday, June 19
Coronavirus: House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn, and Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorth Send Letter to FDA Requesting Staff Briefing on Development and Deployment of Eventual Coronavirus Vaccine
REGULATORY UPDATE
Monday, June 15
HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expands Access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV Prevention Medications by Adding Donated Dispensing Services from Albertsons Companies and Walmart to Ready, Set, PrEP Program
Wednesday, June 17
CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Proposed Rule on Value-Based Purchasing for Drugs Covered in Medicaid
Thursday, June 18
HHS: Health Resources and Services Administration Announces Awards Totaling $107.2 Million to Increase Health Workforce in Rural and Undeserved Communities
EVENTS
Education and Labor Committee
June 22, 2020 12:00 PM
Via Webex
Energy and Commerce Committee
“Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”
June 23, 2020 11:00 AM
John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization and Subcommittee on Health
VA Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expansion and Impact
June 23, 2020, 1:00 PM House Visitors Center 210
House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
“Examining the COVID-19 Nursing Home Crisis”
June 25, 2020 2:00 PM
Via Cisco Webex
Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis Hearing
Accountability in Crisis: GAO’s Recommendations to Improve the Federal Coronavirus Response
June 26, 2020 9:00 AM
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
July 4, 2020 10:00 AM
2401 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
CMS
Medicare Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests
July 29, 2020 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
July 30, 2020 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Web and teleconference access — https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonClinicalDiagnosticLaboratoryTests.html