LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Vice President Joe Biden Submits Cancer Moonshot Report Announcing His Strategic Plan for Addressing Cancer Research and Care.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
October 20
President Obama Delivers Remarks on the Affordable Care Act and Other Efforts to Improve Health Care.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
October 18
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D‐OR) Issues Statement on Medicare Part B Premium Increases Expected Following the Announced Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Increase for 2017.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
October 17
CMS Announces Results of the Second Shared Savings Performance Year of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative.
NIH Announces Loan Payment Programs (LPR) Application Cycle Is Open Online Until November 15th for Extramural New and Renewal Awards.
October 20
HHS Awards Approximately $2.3 Billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grants to Increase Access to HIV/AIDS Care and Medications.
CMS Awards 20, 2‐year Special Innovation Projects to 12 Regional Quality Innovation Network‐Quality Improvement Organizations.
October 21
CDC Announces Availability of Approximately $70 million in Supplemental Funding to Cities, States, and Territories to Support Zika Efforts.
Other Items
October 17
GAO Releases a Report, Medicare: CMS’s Round 2 Durable Medical Equipment and National Mail‐order Diabetes Testing Supplies Competitive Bidding Programs.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
- Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
- Remarks from the OHRP Director and SACHRP Chair, SAS and SOH report presentations, and discussion on recommendations from the SOH on the FDA Draft Guidance Use of Real‐World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision‐Making for Medical Devices.
- October 25 | 8:30 a.m. ‐ 5 p.m.
- October 26 | 8:30 a.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m.
Fishers Lane Conference Center Terrace Level
5635 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20852
- Remarks from the OHRP Director and SACHRP Chair, SAS and SOH report presentations, and discussion on recommendations from the SOH on the FDA Draft Guidance Use of Real‐World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision‐Making for Medical Devices.
- Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Meeting
- Discussion on ASD research and services activities and the IACC Strategic Plan.
- NIH
31 Center Drive, Building 31
C Wing, 6th Floor
Conference Room 6
Bethesda, MD 20892
Or Webcast
- NIH
- Discussion on ASD research and services activities and the IACC Strategic Plan.
- CMS’s MACRA Final Rule Webinar
- October 26 | 2 p.m. ‐ 3 p.m.
Webinar
- October 26 | 2 p.m. ‐ 3 p.m.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Meeting
- Discussion on program policies and issues.
- October 26 | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
NIH
Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Building 35A
Convent Drive, Room 640
Bethesda, MD 20892
- October 26 | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Discussion on program policies and issues.
- 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Meeting
- Continue deliberations from the last public meeting.
- October 27 | 2:15 p.m. ‐ 5 p.m. October 28 | 8 a.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m.
NIH Clinical Center
NIH Main Campus, Building 10 Masur Auditorium, RM 1C108 Bethesda, MD 20892
Or Webcast
- October 27 | 2:15 p.m. ‐ 5 p.m. October 28 | 8 a.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m.
- Continue deliberations from the last public meeting.
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