June 2017 | Powers Law Firm

Power Play: Washington Week in Review June 26

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Week in Brief

Health Care Reform: The Senate Releases a Discussion Draft of the Health Care Reform Bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Release Statements on the Discussion Draft.

Powers Visits Maryland Proton Treatment Center in Baltimore

Principal Mark Fitzgerald led a team of Powers professionals to the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, a cancer treatment center that provides non-invasive, state-of-the-art proton therapy.

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Week in Brief

Medicare: MedPac Releases Its June 2017 Report.

AHCA: CMS Releases a Memorandum from the Office of the Actuary on the Estimated Financial and Coverage Impacts of the American Health Care Act Through 2026.

Federal Government Requests Feedback on HCM2 Certification

By: Sherry Gray, Nick Michiels

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has requested comments regarding Form 270, which is the certification ED requires schools to submit when requesting federal funds under the Heightened Cash Monitoring 2 (HCM2) or Reimbursement payment methods. The deadline for comments is August 14, 2017.Read More

Department Stalls DTR Regulation, Announces New Rulemaking on DTR and GE

By: Sherry Gray, Dan Brozovic, Nick Michiels

On Friday, June 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education issued a notice in the Federal Register confirming its June 14^th announcement that the effective date of the Defense to Repayment (“DTR”) regulation, originally set for July 1, 2017, would be postponed. Read More

Power Play: Washington Week in Review June 12

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Week in Brief

HHS Budget: House Committee on Ways and Means Holds Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2018 Budget Request. House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Issues an Opening Statement.

Principal Bobby Silverstein Speaks at Perkins School Workshop

Powers Principal Bobby Silverstein will speak at a Perkins School for the Blind workshop discussing how organizations can achieve accessible websites in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.Read More

Sherry Gray, Dan Brozovic and Katherine Demedis Speak at CECU Annual Convention

Principal Sherry Gray and associates Dan Brozovic and Katherine Demedis will present on Tuesday, June 6 at the Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.Read More

Power Play: Washington Week in Review June 26

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Powers Visits Maryland Proton Treatment Center in Baltimore

Power Play: Washington Week in Review June 19

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Federal Government Requests Feedback on HCM2 Certification

Department Stalls DTR Regulation, Announces New Rulemaking on DTR and GE

Power Play: Washington Week in Review June 12

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE

Principal Bobby Silverstein Speaks at Perkins School Workshop

Sherry Gray, Dan Brozovic and Katherine Demedis Speak at CECU Annual Convention

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