LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Senate Finance Committee Holds a Hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal, but No Vote is Held. The Senate Passes the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act of 2017 (CHRONIC), and HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
September 25
Health Care Reform: Senate Finance Committee Holds a Hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal. Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Deliver Opening Statements.
Medicare Reform: House and Senate Passes Legislation to Extend the Medicare Patient Intraveneous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Access Demonstration Project and Extend Payments to Teaching Health Centers that Operate Graduate Medical Education Programs.
September 26
Health Care Reform: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) Announces Opposition to the Graham-Cassidy Proposal.
Health Care Reform: Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Issues a Statement on Stabilizing 2018 and 2019 Insurance Premiums.
September 27
Medicare Reform: The Senate Passes the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act of 2017 (CHRONIC), Which Includes Language Extending and Expanding the Independence at Home Medicare Demonstration Program. Senator Ron Wyden and Senator Orrin Hatch Issue Statements.
September 28
Resignation: Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee Issues a Statement Calling for HHS Secretary Tom Price to Provide Detailed Information About Private Jet Trips.
September 29
Resignation: Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee Issue Statements on Tom Price’s Resignation.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
September 26
Strategic Plan Development: HHS Issues a Request for Public Comment on Its Draft Strategic Plan for FY2018-2022.
340B: HRSA Delays the Effective Date of the Ceiling Price and Manufacturer Civil Monetary Penalties Final Rule.
September 28
Medicare Enrollment: CMS Announces Special Enrollment Periods for Medicare Beneficiaries and Certain Individuals Impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
Marketplace: OIG Issues Report, CMS Did Not Provide Effective Oversight to Ensure that State Marketplaces Always Properly Determined Individuals’ Eligibility for Qualified Health Plans and Insurance Affordability Programs.
September 29
Medicare Appeals: CMS Announces Calendar Year 2018 Amount in Controversy Thresholds for ALJ Hearings and Judicial Review Regarding Medicare Appeals.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
HOUSE
House Energy & Commerce Committee
Hearing on Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs
• October 3, 2017 | 10:15 a.m.
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
House Energy & Commerce Committee
Markup of CHIP legislation
SENATE
Senate HELP Committee
Hearing to Consider the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis
• October 5, 2017 | 10:00a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senate Finance Committee
Markup of CHIP legislation
• October 4, 2017| 9:30 a.m.
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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