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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, January 9 Senate Finance Committee, “Hearing to Consider the Anticipated Nomination of Alex Michael Azar II, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.” Senate HELP Committee, “The Opioid Crisis: An Examination of How We Got Here and How We Move Forward.”  Notable Policy Events – Thursday,… Read more »

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Notable Policy Events – Thursday, January 4 American Enterprise Institute, “Re-connecting Health Care Policy with Economics: Finding and Fixing Distortive Incentives.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2qePfjY  Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  Appropriations – On December 22, President Trump signed into law a continuing resolution (CR) (H. J. Res 124) that… Read more »

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

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 Programming Note: We will be taking a publishing hiatus over the holidays. The next weekly update will be sent on Tuesday, January 2. Happy holidays!   What’s Ahead: This Week Notable Policy Events – Monday, December 18 – Tuesday, December 19 Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, “Public Meeting.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2mn4L9v   Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable… Read more »

ACA & Market Stabilization Update – December 14, 2017

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Top Takeaways from this week – (1) The current tax reform package includes a repeal of the individual mandate; (2) House republicans have introduced a number of standalone bills that delay several ACA taxes; and (3) Open Enrollment for the federally-facilitated marketplace ends tomorrow. Congressional Action – Yesterday, the House-Senate Conference Committee met to discuss… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – December 11, 2017

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, December 12 Senate HELP Committee, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: An Examination of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report “Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, “Examining Concerns of Patient Brokering and Addiction Treatment Fraud.” Senate Judiciary… Read more »