EXECUTIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, October 8
White House Pushes For Obamacare Birth Control Review
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Thursday, October 10
Medicaid: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden And House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. Release Study Showing Taxpayers Are Paying Millions In Administrative Costs For Medicaid Work Requirements
Mental Health: Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester Urges Department Of Veterans Affairs to Increase Efforts to Connect Veterans with Mental Health Care Resources
E-Cigarettes: House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee On Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi Sends Letter to Reynolds American, Inc. Calling for Cessation of E-Cigarette Advertising
- Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Announces Updated Number of Lung Injury Cases and Deaths Associated with E-Cigarettes and Vaping
Health Care: Oversight and Reform Committee Readies Subpoenas to Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Concerning Deportation of Critically Ill Children
REGULATORY UPDATE
Monday, October 7
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Adjusts Controversy Threshold for Medicare Appeals for Calendar Year 2020
Tuesday, October 8
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services Explores Lung-on-a-Chip Technology for Chemical Injury Treatments
CDC: CDC Finds Not Enough Pregnant Women Get Vaccinated
Wednesday, October 9
HHS: HHS Proposes Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Reforms to Support Value-Based and Coordinated Care
Thursday, October 10
HHS: HHS Publishes New Guide for Clinicians on Appropriate Dosage Reduction and Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
Friday, October 11
FDA: Food and Drug Administration Releases Final Guidance For Industry: “Investigational In Vitro Diagnostics in Oncology Trials: Streamlined Submission Process for Study Risk Determination”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Legislative Hearings
Energy & Commerce
Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic
October 16, 2019 10:30AM
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
House Appropriations
E-cigarettes: An Emerging Threat to Public Health
October 16, 2019 10:00 AM
2358-C Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Ways & Means
Investing in the U.S. Health system by lowering drug prices, reducing out of pocket costs, and improving Medicare benefits
October 17, 2019 10:00 AM
Room 1100 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Veterans Affairs
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities Programs
October 22, 2019 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
October 23, 2019 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
VA Central Office
810 Vermont Avenue NW Room 630
Washington, DC 20420
Regulatory Meetings
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality holds a meeting of the Health System and Value Research Subcommittee
October 16, 2019 8:00 AM
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center,
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration holds a meeting of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee
October 16, 2019 8:00 AM
FDA White Oak Campus
10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 31 Conference Center, the Great Room, Room 1503
Silver Spring, MD 20993
HHS
Meeting: HHS Human Research Protections
October 16, 2019 8:30 AM
October 17, 2019 8:30 AM
6700B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health holds a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
October 23, 2019 9:00 AM
45 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Conference Room E1/E2
Bethesda, MD 20894
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality holds a meeting of the Healthcare Information Technology Research Subcommittee
October 24, 2019 8:00 AM
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
MedPAC
November 7, 2019
November 8, 2019
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
HHS
Meeting: AIDS Research
November 7, 2019 9:30 AM
NIH 5601 Fishers Lane, Conference Room 1D13
Rockville, MD 20852
HHS
November 12, 2019 8:00 AM — 4:30 PM
FDA White Oak Campus
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503-A)
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
HHS
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Full Committee Meeting
November 13, 2019 9:00 AM -5:30 PM
November 14, 2019 8:30 AM -3:00 PM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration holds a meeting of the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment
November 13, 2019 9:30 AM
November 14, 2019 9:30 AM
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
CDC
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Meeting
November 14, 2019, 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM
November 15, 2019, 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Communications Center
Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600
Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
CMS
December 16, 2019 9:00 AM
December 17, 2019 9:00 AM
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850