Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senate Republicans are moving closer to compromise and are aiming to pass replacement legislation by the July 4 recess; 2) The Senate Budget Committee announced the Senate Parliamentarian has approved the House-passed AHCA; and 3) CMS released a Request for Information aimed at reducing regulatory burdens imposed by the… Read more »
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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday, June 7 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community.” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA’s Efforts to Promote Wellness and Healing.” House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries.”… Read more »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – May 30, 2017
What’s Ahead: This Week Congressional Recess – Both Houses of Congress are in recess this week for the Memorial Day holiday, and will return the week of June 5. Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, May 30 HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), “AHRQ National Webinar on Optimizing the Presentation of Visualization of Health… Read more »
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 25, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) The CBO published its analysis of the House-passed AHCA; 2) Senate Republicans plan to begin drafting their own ACA repeal and replacement legislation; 3) The House Committee on Ways & Means advanced three bills as part of the “third bucket” of their ACA repeal and replace strategy; and 4)… Read more »
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 18, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senators continue to meet on ACA repeal and replacement efforts, 2) the Senate working group has begun to discuss advancing certain short-term market stabilization policies prior to a longer-term replacement package, and 3) a group of bipartisan Senate moderates met to discuss a bipartisan path forward. Senate Action –… Read more »
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