EXECUTIVE UPDATE
Monday, December 9
Surprise Billing: Administration Applauds Bipartisan Efforts of House and Senate to End Surprise Medical Billing
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, December 10
Open Enrollment: Bipartisan House Health Leaders Urge Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to Open Special Enrollment Period for Beneficiaries Who Used Plan Finder to Make Enrollment Decisions
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Holds Hearing Concerning Securing the U.S. Drug Supply Chain and the Oversight of FDA’s Foreign Inspection Program
Over the Counter: S.2740, Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act of 2019, Passes Senate Without Amendment
FMLA: The Committee on Oversight and Reform Examines the Need for Comprehensive National Paid Family and Medical Leave
Health Care: The Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Holds Legislative Hearing on Universal Health Care Coverage
Wednesday, December 11
Surprise Billing: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Ranking Member Greg Walden, and Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Agreement on Legislation to Lower Health Care Costs
- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal and Ranking Member Kevin Brady Announce Agreement on Surprise Billing
Veterans: The Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act Unanimously Passes the House and Senate and Heads to President’s Desk
Thursday, December 12
Drug Costs: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone Praises House Passage of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Confirmation: Secretary Azar Congratulates Stephen Hahn on His Confirmation as FDA Commissioner
HIV Health Patents: Eleven Senators and Chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee Ask Patent Office to Look into Gilead Allegations Concerning Patent on HIV Prevention Medication
Medicare: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Agrees to Provide Additional Education for Marketplace Enrollees Aging into Medicare
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, December 10
NIH: Immunotherapy Drug Improves Outcomes for Some Children with Relapsed Leukemia
GAO: Government Accountability Office Study Finds Food and Drug Administration Inspections of Foreign Facilities Fell 10 Percent from 2016 to 2018
Wednesday, December 11
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Reports Effectuated Enrollment for Federal and State-Based Exchanges for First Half of 2019
NIH: National Institutes of Health Highlights Importance of Addressing HIV-Associated Comorbidities
Thursday, December 12
HHS: Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
UPCOMING EVENTS
MedPAC
January 16-17, 2020
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
HHS
NIH Child Health and Development
January 23, 2020 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
NICHD Offices
6710B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
NIH
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
January 23, 2020 8:00 AM – 1:00PM
NICHD Offices
6710B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
NIH
Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health holds a meeting of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
January 29, 2019 8:30 AM
31 Center Drive, Building 31, C Wing, Sixth Floor, Conference Room 10
Bethesda, MD 20894
NIH
National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council
January 31, 2020 10:00 AM — 2:00 PM
National Institutes of Health, Neuroscience Center Building Room C and D
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
NIH
National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health
February 7, 2020 10:00 AM — 4:00 PM
National Institutes of General Medical Science
Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892