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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings & Markups – Tuesday, August 21 Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, “Examining CMS’s Efforts to Fight Medicaid Fraud and Overpayments.” Wednesday, August 22 Senate Finance Committee, “Nomination of Elizabeth Darling to be HHS Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families.” Thursday, August 23 Senate HELP Committee, “Prioritizing Cures: Science… 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, August 13 CMS, “Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2nvTjYG Thursday, August 16 Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), “Framing a Pathway for Integrating Behavioral and Clinical Health Care.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2Ma4Wmd  Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  ACA Implementation – On August 6,… 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, August 6 – Wednesday, August 8 HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), “2nd Interoperability Forum.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2zBtak4 Wednesday, August 8 Cato Institute, “Is Obamacare Now Optional? New Rule Expands Consumer Protections in Short-Term Health Plans.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2n7CnaQ Friday, August… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 31 Senate HELP Committee, “Reducing Health Care Costs: Decreasing Administrative Spending.” Wednesday, August 1 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Hearing on Pending Legislation.”  Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, July 31 Hudson Institute, “Innovating Telemedicine: A Discussion with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2K6tK9G   Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 17 Senate HELP Committee, “Reducing Health Care Costs: Eliminating Excess Health Care Spending and Improving Quality and Value for Patients.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency of Health Care Costs for Consumers.” House Ways & Means Committee,… Read more »