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

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 Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  116th Congress – On November 14, Senate Republicans reelected Sen. McConnell (R-KY) to serve as Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Democrats also reelected Sen. Schumer (D-NY) to serve as Senate Minority leader for the 116th Press releases: http://bit.ly/2qUvUBK and http://bit.ly/2qOJvL8 Also on November 14, Rep. McCarthy (R-CA)… 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 – Tuesday, November 6 Health Affairs, “Briefing: Patient Safety.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2RfLPpA Wednesday, November 7 Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), “Webinar: My Healthy Weight: A Solution for Employers to Address Obesity.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2F2Ag3N Thursday, November 8 Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), “Key Policies to Elevate Primary Care.” Additional… 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, October 29 – Tuesday, October 30 American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, “2018 Health and Welfare Benefit Plans National Institute.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2O5D9jv Tuesday, October 30 The Heritage Foundation, “Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic.” Additional information: https://herit.ag/2PnxKZR Tuesday, October 30… 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, October 22 Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), “2018 Fall Summit.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2yQM02S  The GreenHouse Group, “Women in Tech: Securing Medical Devices and Health Records.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2J8YlEv Monday, October 22 – Tuesday, October 23 Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), “MHPA Annual… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings & Markups – Wednesday, October 3 Senate HELP Committee, Subcommittee on Children and Families, “Rare Diseases: Expediting Treatments for Patients.” Senate Aging Committee, “Patient-Focused Care: A Prescription to Reduce Health Care Costs.”  Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, October 2 Pew Charitable Trusts, “How to Better Match Patients with their Electronic… Read more »