LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) And Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR.) Introduces The KIDS Act to Extend Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
WHITE HOUSE
September 19
ACA Subsidies: Trump Administration Makes September Subsidy Payments Under The Affordable Care Act (ACT), But Says No Final Decisions Have Been Made About The Future Of CSR Payments.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
September 18
CHIP Reauthorization: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) And Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR.) Introduce The Keeping Kids’ Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act (S.1827), Legislation To Extend The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) For Five Years.
Health Care Reform: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Send Letter To the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) To Request A Full Assessment Of The Graham-Cassidy Legislation.
September 20
Health Care Reform: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) States That the Senate Will Vote On The Graham-Cassidy Bill, Which Would Turn Federal Health Insurance Funding Into Block Grants For States.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
September 20
Innovation Center: CMS Innovation Center Announces a Request for Information on Testing Various Models.
September 21
ONC Health IT Certification Program: Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Announces Updates Concerning Certification Criteria and Announces Enforcement Discretion for Randomized Surveillance.
Federal Trade Commission
September 20
Health Care Reform: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Terrell McSweeny Calls for More Competition in the Health Care Marketplace.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
SENATE
Senate Finance Committee
Hearing To Consider The Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal
• September 25, 2017 | 2:00p.m.
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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