What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, April 4 Senate HELP Committee, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Improving Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for Patients, Part II.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships.” House Veterans Affairs Committee, “An Assessment of Ongoing Concerns at the Veterans Crisis Line.”… Read more »
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ACA Update 7
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – March 30, 2017 Top takeaways from the week 1) House Speaker Ryan said he doesn’t want President Trump to work with Democrats on new healthcare legislation; 2) Republicans continued discussions on a way forward on ACA repeal; 3) House Energy & Commerce Chair Walden signaled support for including cost-sharing… Read more »
Health Policy Update 3-27-17
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups Tuesday, March 28 House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Examining FDA’s Medical Device User Fee Program.” Wednesday, March 29 House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, “Budget Hearing – Department of Health and Human Services.” House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, “Federally-Funded Cancer Research:… Read more »
“Telemedicine was never envisioned as part of ACA repeal…”
Telemedicine advocates will continue to push for more Medicare payment. “Telemedicine was never envisioned as part of ACA repeal,” said Krista Drobac, executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care. “It is a bipartisan issue that is a natural place to go to next.”
ACA Update 6
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – March 23, 2017 Top takeaways from the week: 1) The House has delayed the vote on the AHCA; 2) On Monday, House leadership unveiled amendments to the AHCA; 3) The CBO released an updated score incorporating the amendments, finding similar coverage losses and less budgetary savings as compared to… Read more »
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