LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
CMS Issues the Medicare ACO 2015 Quality and Financial Performance Results.
ONC Publishes and Seeks Public Comments on the Draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
August 22
ONC Rule that Aims to Fortify the Safety of EHRs Under OMB’s Review.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
August 23
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) Produces Video on Medicaid.
August 24
Senate Special Committee on Aging Leaders Write to EpiPen Manufacturer, Expressing Concerns About Price Increases and Requesting Pricing Information Within Next Two Weeks.
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) Pens Open Letter on the 21st Century Cures Initiative.
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) Produces Videos on Innovation in Health Care.
August 25
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee Chairmen Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Joseph Pitts (R-PA) Voice Concerns Regarding Rising Costs of EpiPens.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
August 22
FDA and Medical Device Industry Stakeholders Reach Agreement on Proposed Recommendations for Reauthorization of Medical Device User Fee Program.
The Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel to Issue a Report with Final Set of Recommendations to the Cancer Moonshot Task Force in September.
Other News
August 22
CBO Predicts Rise in Health Care Spending Over the Coming Decade.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Department of Health and Human Services
- Webinar: Advancing Care Coordination through EPMs; Cardiac Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Overview
- Webinar to discuss various aspects of the Advancing Care Coordination through EPMs; Cardiac Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model proposals
- August 31 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Webinar
- August 31 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
- Webinar to discuss various aspects of the Advancing Care Coordination through EPMs; Cardiac Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model proposals
- Public Meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
- Discussion on the role of national bioethics advisory bodies, both in the US and abroad, in the past, present, and future.
- August 31 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Discussion on the role of national bioethics advisory bodies, both in the US and abroad, in the past, present, and future.
Congressional Hearings
- House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
- From Tumult to Transformation: The Commission on Care and the Future of the VA Healthcare System
- September 7 | 10:30 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
- September 7 | 10:30 a.m.
- From Tumult to Transformation: The Commission on Care and the Future of the VA Healthcare System
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