Posts Categorized: Health Policy Update

 What’s Ahead: This Week   Notable Policy Events – Wednesday, April 17 Alliance for Health Policy (AHP), “Right Care, Right Patient, Right Time: The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research.” Additional information: https://conta.cc/2D1rZK7 Better Medicare Alliance (BMA), “Medicare Advantage 101: A Primer.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2X5smuH  Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  Legislative Activity… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, April 2 House Education & Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, “Examining Surprise Billing: Protecting Patients from Financial Pain.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Impact of Rising Insulin Costs.” House… Read more »

  What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, March 26 Senate HELP Committee, “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and Providers.” Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Veterans Programs and Fiscal Year 2021 Advance Appropriations Request.” House Budget Committee, “Department of Health and Human… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, March 19 Brookings Institution, “A Conversation with Departing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on His Tenure and Policy Reforms.” Additional information: https://brook.gs/2HiLQYV HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), “Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Meeting on Interoperability, Privacy and Security, and Patient Access.”… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, March 12 House Oversight & Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, “Examining the Public Health Risks of Carcinogens in Consumer Products.” House Education & Labor Committee, “Growing a Healthy Next Generation: Examining Federal Child Nutrition Programs.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health,… Read more »