WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Wednesday, January 12
Coronavirus
- White House Announces Increased COVID Testing in Schools
- Biden Administration Holds Press Briefing with COVID Response Team and Public Health Officials
Thursday, January 13
Coronavirus
- President Biden Remarks on Military Deployments Supporting Hospitals for COVID Response
- Biden Administration Releases Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Vaccine Requirements
Friday, January 14
Coronavirus
- Biden Administration Hosts Press Briefing with FEMA Administrator
- White House Announces Rollout of 500 Million Free COVID Tests
Friday, January 21
Coronavirus
- Biden Administration Holds Press Briefing with COVID Response Team and Public Health Officials
- President Biden Addresses Over 200 Mayors on COVID-19
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Monday, January 10
Medicare: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) Releases Statement on CMS Nursing Home Staffing Information
Thursday, January 13
Nominees: Senate HELP Committee Advances FDA Nominee Dr. Robert Califf
Coronavirus: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) Comments on Supreme Court Decision Blocking Enforcement of Vaccine or OSHA Safety Standard
Wednesday, January 19
Drug Pricing: Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on Prescription Drug Spending
REGULATORY UPDATE
Monday, January 10
Coronavirus: HHS Announces Requirement for Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover At-Home COVID-19 Tests
ACA: HHS Announces 13.8 Million Consumers Signed Up for 2022 Health Care Coverage
Tuesday, January 11
Alzheimer’s: CMS Proposes Coverage Policy for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s
Thursday, January 13
Transplants: FDA Issues Final Rule to Revoke Regulations for Human Tissue Intended for Transplantation
Friday, January 21
Prior Authorization: HHS Releases Request for Information Seeking Input on Electronic Prior Authorization Standards
EVENTS
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearing on “Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Responding to the Growing Crisis”
February 1, 2022 10:00 AM
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
Hearing on “The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing”
February 2, 2022 2:30 PM
House Ways and Means
Hearing on America’s Mental Health Crisis
February 2, 2022 10:00 AM
House Energy and Commerce
Hearing on Pandemic Profiteers: Legislation to Stop Corporate Price Gouging”
February 2, 2022 10:30AM