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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Highlights this week: Nearly 7,000 FDA employees are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown; lawmakers introduce a slew of anti-pharma bills; 18 new Democrats land plum spots on key healthcare committees; and more....more

1/14/2019  /  Affordable Care Act , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Government Shutdown , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Tax Deductions

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Highlights this week: how the partial government shutdown is affecting operations at the FDA; House Democrats take steps to defend the ACA; the House votes this week to renew emergency health response programs; new senators...more

1/8/2019  /  Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicaid , Medical Devices , Medicare , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Highlights this week: Lawmakers renew efforts to avoid a partial government shutdown, which would affect FDA; key senators introduce legislation on Medicaid prescription drug rebates; the House votes this week on allowing...more

12/10/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare , Prescription Drugs , Rebates , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Highlights this week: Healthcare legislative priorities are caught up in a separate spending debate that could lead to a partial government shutdown; some GOP lawmakers push back on Trump’s Part B pilot program; a key...more

12/4/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare , Medicare Part B , Medicare Part D , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Congress Agrees to Final Opioids Bill With Vote Scheduled This Week

House and Senate leaders Wednesday agreed to sweeping new legislation to respond to the national opioid epidemic, including authorizing $8 billion in grant programs for states, expanding access to prevention and treatment,...more

9/26/2018  /  Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Proposed Legislation , Substance Abuse , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Included this week is an update on congressional efforts to finish opioids response legislation; efforts by pharmaceutical manufacturers to change discounts they are required to provide Medicare beneficiaries in the Part D...more

9/25/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs

Senate OKs Opioids Response Bill as Lawmakers Scramble to Pass Final Measure

The Senate this week overwhelmingly approved legislation to address the opioid crisis, and now Congress is racing to cobble together a final measure that could pass before the midterm elections in November....more

9/21/2018  /  Health Care Providers , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Substance Abuse

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Featured in this week’s Update, the Senate votes on September 17, 2018 on opioids legislation (the House is not in session this week); Congress reaches an agreement on fiscal 2019 healthcare funding; the pharma industry last...more

9/18/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmacies , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

This week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update” includes the latest on a pending Senate vote on opioid legislation as Congress races to enact a response to the crisis before the November election; the Senate votes to expand...more

9/11/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Disclosure Requirements , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

This week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update” includes the latest on Congress reconvening after a summer break and facing near-term deadlines on government funding, including for healthcare agencies and programs; whether...more

9/5/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmacies , Popular , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

LAWMAKERS COOL TO TRUMP PLAN ON HHS, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION - The response from lawmakers on Capitol Hill to the White House plan to reorganize the federal government – including proposed changes to multiple healthcare...more

6/26/2018  /  Biologics , Biosimilars , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Medicaid , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE OKs DOZENS OF OPIOID-RELATED BILLS; MORE VOTES SCHEDULED - The House last week approved 38 bills that lawmakers hope will stem the opioid epidemic, and it scheduled votes this week on at least a dozen more....more

6/19/2018  /  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , GAO , Generic Drugs , Health Care Providers , Healthcare Fraud , HRSA , Medicaid , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Physicians , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE TO VOTE ON DOZENS OF OPIOID BILLS WHILE SENATE READIES COMPREHENSIVE MEASURE - The House this week will begin considering some of the 70 different opioid bills that have been approved by eight different committees,...more

6/12/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , HRSA , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

RYAN SAYS POTENTIAL COMPROMISE COMING ON RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY DRUGS - House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last week said congressional leaders are trying to hammer out compromise legislation that would make it...more

5/22/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Department of Veterans Affairs , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , HELP , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , REMS , Right to Try

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

LAWMAKERS PRAISE, CRITICIZE TRUMP PLAN ON DRUG PRICES - On Capitol Hill, reaction to President Donald Trump’s “American Patients First” plan to bring down prescription drug prices fell predictably along partisan lines:...more

5/15/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

GOP LAWMAKERS: EUROPE, CANADA ‘FREE RIDING’ ON US DRUG INNOVATION - More than two dozen House Republicans last week called on President Donald Trump to leverage upcoming trade negotiations to stop other nations from “free...more

5/8/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medical Devices , Medical Marijuana , Medicare , Medicare Advantage , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

AZAR ILLNESS DELAYS WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT ON DRUG PRICING INITIATIVE - Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is recovering at his home in Indianapolis following his second hospitalization in less than a week...more

4/24/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Generic Drugs , Medicare , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Physicians , Prescription Drugs , Trump Administration

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE PANEL TO QUESTION GOTTLIEB ON FDA BUDGET - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will testify Tuesday before a House appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal 2019 budget – which...more

4/17/2018  /  ACOs , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Drug Pricing , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

CONGRESS RECONVENES, WITH A FOCUS ON OPIOIDS - Lawmakers return today to Capitol Hill after a two-week recess, and multiple committees in both the House and Senate are poised to examine the opioid crisis and potential...more

4/10/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Data Security , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , GAO , Medical Devices , Medicare , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

CONGRESS WORKS TO PASS BUDGET BEFORE FRIDAY’S SHUTDOWN DEADLINE - House leaders are pushing to schedule a vote this week on a $1.3 trillion budget agreement that would give the Senate enough time to pass it before a Friday...more

3/20/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicaid , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Opioid , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

HOUSE VOTE SET FOR UPDATED ‘RIGHT-TO-TRY’ LEGISLATION - The House will vote Tuesday on updated but still controversial legislation that would give terminally ill patients wider access to prescription drugs that haven’t won...more

3/13/2018  /  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare Part D , Patient Access , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs , Right to Try , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

House Republicans will gather tonight for a GOP-only meeting to plot strategy on passing a stopgap budget bill, but a breakdown among key senators on separate immigration legislation has elevated the risk of a government...more

1/17/2018  /  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

Legislation reauthorizing FDA user fees for prescription and generic drugs, biosimilars, and medical devices won wide bipartisan approval last week in a Senate committee, teeing up approval by the full Senate, likely after...more

5/19/2017  /  Affordable Care Act , Biosimilars , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Congressional Budget Office , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Generic Drugs , National Institute of Health (NIH) , Pharmaceutical Industry , Prescription Drugs

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

The Senate this week is likely to give final congressional approval to legislation that adds billions of dollars for biomedical research and aims to speed the discovery and development of new drugs and medical devices. The...more

12/7/2016  /  21st Century Cures Initiative , Affordable Care Act , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Medicare , Prescription Drugs , Repeal , Secretary of HHS , Trump Administration
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