Health Policy Update 3-27-17

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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…”

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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.”

Health Policy Update 3-20-17

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What’s Ahead: This Week in Health Care Policy Hearings/Markups Monday, March 20 House Rules Committee, “H.R. 372 – Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 1101 – The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017.” Tuesday, March 21 Senate HELP Committee, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Improving Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for Patients Part… Read more »

ACA Update 5

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ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – March 16, 2017 Top healthcare takeaways from the week 1) CBO projects that 24 million would lose coverage by 2026 under the American Health Care Act; 2) Despite growing concern over the bill, today the House Budget Committee narrowly voted to advance it; 3) The Administration continues its push… Read more »

Healthcare Policy Update 3-13-17

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What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups Wednesday, March 15 House Budget Committee, “Markup on Reconciliation Bill.” House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, “Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.” Senate Special Committee on Aging, “Grandparents to the Rescue: Raising Grandchildren in the Opioid Crisis and… Read more »