LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
HHS OIG Releases Its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2017.
ONC Issues the 2016 Report to Congress on Health IT Progress: Examining the HITECH Era and the Future of Health IT.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
November 7
FDA Announces Availability of a Guidance, “Clinical Considerations for Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical Outcomes.”
November 9
CMS Announces $66.1 Million Funding Opportunity for Zika Prevention and Treatment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
- CMS Listening Session Regarding the Implementation of Certain Medicare Part D Provisions in CARA
- Listening session to solicit input from stakeholders regarding implementation of section 704 of CARA.
- November 14 | 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Teleconference
- November 14 | 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Listening session to solicit input from stakeholders regarding implementation of section 704 of CARA.
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory Committee Meeting
- Presentations on health care access and quality and updates from Department leadership.
- November 15 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Conference Room 870
1800 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20006 - November 16 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Conference Room – Vietnam Veterans of America
8719 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
- November 15 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Presentations on health care access and quality and updates from Department leadership.
Other
- National Museum of Natural History Screening and Discussion
- “Spillover: Zika, Ebola and Beyond Film Screening and Discussion”
- November 15 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Baird, Ground Floor
National Museum of Natural History
Conference Room 6
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20013
- November 15 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
- “Spillover: Zika, Ebola and Beyond Film Screening and Discussion”
- Alliance for Health Reform Symposium
- “Post-Election Symposium”
- November 16 | 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
Kaiser Family Foundation
1330 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
- November 16 | 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- “Post-Election Symposium”
- 340B Health Congressional Lunch Briefing
- “Post-Election Outlook on Hospitals and the 340B Program”
- November 16 | 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
United States Capitol Visitor Center
SVC 209-08
- November 16 | 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- “Post-Election Outlook on Hospitals and the 340B Program”
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop
- “Communicating Clearly about Medicine: A Workshop”
- November 17 | 8:30 a.m.
National Academy of Sciences
Building NAS 120
2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20418
- November 17 | 8:30 a.m.
- “Communicating Clearly about Medicine: A Workshop”
- Bipartisan Policy Center Panel Discussion
- “Realizing the Promise of Medical Innovation”
- November 17 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Suite 1000
1225 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
- November 17 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- “Realizing the Promise of Medical Innovation”
- Smithsonian Associates Lecture
- “The Pulse on Modern Medicine: Insights from NIH Experts”
- November 17 | 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC
- November 17 | 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
- “The Pulse on Modern Medicine: Insights from NIH Experts”
- Health Reform Symposium
- “Health Reform: Where Are We; Where Are We Going?”
- November 18 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
325 Russell Senate Office Building
- November 18 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- “Health Reform: Where Are We; Where Are We Going?”
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