Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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What’s Ahead: This Week Notable Policy Events – Monday, August 13 CMS, “Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2nvTjYG Thursday, August 16 Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), “Framing a Pathway for Integrating Behavioral and Clinical Health Care.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2Ma4Wmd  Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  ACA Implementation – On August 6,… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week   Notable Policy Events – Monday, August 6 – Wednesday, August 8 HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), “2nd Interoperability Forum.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2zBtak4 Wednesday, August 8 Cato Institute, “Is Obamacare Now Optional? New Rule Expands Consumer Protections in Short-Term Health Plans.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2n7CnaQ Friday, August… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 31 Senate HELP Committee, “Reducing Health Care Costs: Decreasing Administrative Spending.” Wednesday, August 1 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Hearing on Pending Legislation.”  Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, July 31 Hudson Institute, “Innovating Telemedicine: A Discussion with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2K6tK9G   Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 17 Senate HELP Committee, “Reducing Health Care Costs: Eliminating Excess Health Care Spending and Improving Quality and Value for Patients.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency of Health Care Costs for Consumers.” House Ways & Means Committee,… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 10 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Meeting to Consider the Pending Nomination of Robert Wilkie.” Wednesday, July 11 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program.” Thursday, July 12 House Veterans Affairs Committee, “Business Meeting to Assign New Members to… Read more »