Week in Brief
President Barack Obama Signs into Law the 21st Century Cures Act and the Continuing Resolution.
Senate HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), House Energy & Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and House Ways & Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Release Statements on Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act.
Powers Principal Bobby Silverstein serves as one of the lead authors in a new report titled “Work Matters: A Framework for States on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities,” a guide for state legislators when working with policies for people with disabilities.
On December 7, 2016, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) finalized new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) and amendments to the civil monetary penalty (CMP) rules.¹ Set forth below is an overview of the most significant elements of the OIG’s final rule.
Powers Principal Peggy Tighe was recently quoted in a Healthcare Financial Management Association article discussing a pending Senate bill to expand the IAH Medicare demonstration nationwide. Read the full article here.
The 21st Century Cures Act made its way through the Senate Wednesday, and the bill did so with a definition of a “clinician-led clinical data registry” that the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition recommended.
Principal Rob Portman leads the Powers team that represents the Coalition and works with its 24 medical societies and other physician-led organizations to advocate for policies that enable the development of clinical data registries and enhance their ability to improve quality of care through the analysis and reporting of these outcomes. Read the full press release below or view a PDF version here.
Week in Brief
House Passes the 21st Century Cures Act. Statements Released by House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman, and Senate HELP Committee Chairman.
President-Elect Donald Trump Picks Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) to Head HHS and Selects Seema Verma as CMS Administrator.