Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead – December 12, 2022

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Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, December 13 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, “Food as Medicine: Current Efforts and Potential Opportunities.” Additional information House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, “Review of the Role of VA’s Fourth Mission and Pandemic Response.” Additional information… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead – December 5, 2022

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Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, December 6 House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (VA), Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, “Transitional Housing Reform: Examining the Future of the VA Grant and Per Diem Program.” Additional information Wednesday, December 7 House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (VA), “Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation.” Additional information… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead – November 21, 2022

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Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments from Last Week Medicare, Medicaid & Marketplaces – On November 14, Reps. Bucshon (R-IN) and Bera (D-CA) published an op-ed warning that Medicare cuts to physicians threaten patient access and physician stability. Op-Ed Also on November 14, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on long-term… Read more »

Health IT Leadership Roundtable #5 – Maintaining Consumer Trust in Health Care Through Data Privacy and Secure Patient Access to Health Information

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The fifth Health IT Roundtable took place Wednesday, December 7th. The event featured industry-leading executives and associations and discuss the overall importance of maintaining consumers’ trust and right to access, and control access to, their health care data; opportunities and challenges created by existing regulatory frameworks for both HIPAA-covered and non-HIPAA covered health data; perceived… Read more »