Rep. Tom Cole Selected to Chair Appropriations CommitteeEnergy & Commerce Announces Subcommittee Assignment ChangesSen. Sanders Proposes Long-COVID MoonshotSen. Grassley Calls on HHS to Strengthen Cybersecurity EffortsSecretary Becerra Considering CA Gubernatorial Bidand more...โดย Health on the Hill

Bipartisan Privacy Rights Draft ReleasedRep. Aderholt Presses for Budget Reforms Before Vote on New Appropriations LeaderCMS Finalizes 2025 MA Payment UpdateHHS Releases Drug Shortages White PaperHSGAC Chairman Seeks Information on Private Equity Impact on ER CareE&C GOP Requests GAO Report on NIH Handling of National Security ConcernsRep. Grijalva…

GAO Releases Report on Federal Improper PaymentsSens. Wyden, Grassley Seek Details on UNOS Data BreachSens. Markey, Warren Push for Field Hearing on For-Profit Health CompaniesDems Comment on Abortion, EMTALA in Amicus BriefWhite House Releases Memo on Use of AICongressional Retirements and Resignationsand more...…

Congress Wraps Up FY2024 AppropriationsHouse Passes Preventive Health Savings ActEnergy & Commerce Advances 17 Health BillsDemocrats Push CFPB to Revise Handling of Medical DebtSens. Warren, Rubio Press DoD on Pharmaceutical Supply ChainBipartisan Investigation into High-Risk Research AnnouncedSenate Dems Comment on Pandemic Accord NegotiationsCong…

President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget ProposalHHS FY 2024 Funding Deadline ApproachesSen. Lankford Blocks VA IVF LegislationEnergy & Commerce Health Sub Advances 19 BillsSen. Hassan Urges UnitedHealth to Better Support Providers Impacted by CyberattackFinance, HELP Committee Leadership Push Agencies to Address Surprise Patient Costs Sen. Cassidy …

***A previous version of this podcast stated that Sen. Bob Menendez had announced his retirement. We regret the error.***President Biden Delivers State of the Union AddressGovernment Funding Package Signed With Medicare Physician Payment ProvisionCMS Announces Advanced Payments in Response to Clearinghouse CyberattackHouse Passes Seven Health Bills…

Congress Extends Government FundingCongress Reaches Deal on Six Appropriations Bills and Health ProvisionsHouse to Vote on Health Bills This WeekSen. Mitch McConnell to Step Down from Senate LeadershipLawmakers Respond to Alabama Embryo RulingSen. Grassley Releases Updates on FTC’s PBM InvestigationAI Work Group Considers Role of Medicare/Medicaid …

Agencies Prepare for Partial Shutdown as March 1 Deadline ApproachesHouse Leadership Announces New Bipartisan AI Task ForceSenators Coons, Tillis Spearhead Letters on March-In Rights, IP ProtectionSenator Cassidy Releases White Paper on Health Data Privacy ProtectionsAlabama Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Frozen Embryosand more...…

Senate Passes Supplemental Appropriations MeasureLawmakers Consider Potential of Short and Long-Term Physician Fee Schedule ReformSens. Durbin, Braun Call on FDA to Address Rx Drug Promotion on Social MediaEnergy & Commerce Leaders Ask GAO to Assess Risks of Selling Excess Laboratory EquipmentSanders Urges Strong Warning Labels to Combat Diabetes E…

House Passes Bill to Expand Prohibition on QALYsOversight Panel Advances PBM Reform BillBudget Committee Marks Up Preventive Health Savings ActDemocrats Urge White House to Finalize March-In Rights GuidanceE&C Subpoenas NIH for Documents Related to Sexual Harassment InvestigationCBO Releases Latest Deficit ProjectionsCongressional Retirements and R…

Government Funding UpdateCMS Makes First Offers in Drug Price Negotiation ProgramSenate Finance Advances ASPE NomineeSenator Baldwin Calls for Increased Competition in Asthma-Inhaler MarketSenate Dems Urge DEA to Deschedule MarijuanaLawmakers File Brief in Mifepristone CaseHHS Finalizes OUD Treatment Ruleand more...…

Agreement Reached on Topline Funding NumbersSenate Passes Legislation to Address the Nursing ShortageAdministration, Congressional Policymakers Consider MA Program ReformsFinance Leaders Consider Policies to Prevent Generic Drug ShortagesLawmakers to Launch Digital Health CaucusHHS Releases Goals for CybersecurityPharmaceutical Manufacturers Agree …

Congress Passes CR, Averting Government Shutdown Until MarchCMS Releases Final Interoperability and E-Prior Authorization RegulationHELP Committee to Vote on Prescription Drug Pricing InvestigationBiden Administration Drops Appeal on the Copay Accumulator DecisionSchatz Leads Bipartisan Letter on Permanent Telehealth FlexibilitiesARPA-H to Solicit …

Congressional Leaders Agree to Extend Laddered Short-Term Funding PlanHELP Chair Launches Investigation Into Pricing of Asthma InhalersFauci Completes Two Days of Interviews Before House PanelARPA-H to Solicit Preventive Care ProposalsHHS Appoints First Ever Chief Competition OfficerOMB Clears CMS Prior Authorization RegulationMedPAC Votes on Payme…

Bipartisan Agreement on Overall Funding Levels AnnouncedSenators Comment on Co-pay Assistance LawsuitEnergy & Commerce GOP Launches Probe into Internal Scientific Disagreements at FDAFDA Approves Florida Request to Import Drugs from CanadaCongressional Retirements and Resignationsand more...โดย Health on the Hill

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Congress Adjourns For 2023118th Congress Is Least Productive in Modern HistorySen. Markey Leads Letter on FDA Digital Health Advisory CommitteeSen. Cassidy Pushes for PAHPA ReauthorizationDemocrats Release Report on Health Care System and Climate ChangeCBO Calls for New Drug Development ResearchDOL Proposes to Rescind 2018 AHP RuleFDA Updates In-Pe…

House Adjourns for Holiday RecessHouse Passes Health Transparency Bill, SUPPORT Act ReauthorizationDemocrats Probe Pharmacies Protection of Patient PrivacyCarter, Barragán Lead Comments on Co-pay Assistance LawsuitEnergy & Commerce GOP Demands Answers on FDA Foreign Drug Inspection ProgramGAO Details Challenges of NSA ImplementationMissouri impleme…

Health Transparency Bill to be Considered Under Suspension of the RulesEnergy and Commerce Advances 19 Health BillsRep. Murphy Introduces Legislation to Fully Avert Medicare Physician CutHouse Passes TRANQ Research Act, VA Home Care LegislationBudget Committee Leaders to Investigate Private Equity Hospital OwnershipHELP Ranking Member Issues RFI on…

House to Consider Two Health Bills this WeekWhite House Announces New Steps to Strengthen Medical Supply ChainsFDA Chief Scientist to Succeed Woodcock at FDASens. Warren, Blumenthal Probe Private Equity-Backed Anesthesia PracticeFauci to Appear Before Congressional Coronavirus PanelGeorge Santos Expelled from the Houseand more...…

Rep. Arrington, Burgess Question CBO About Drug Development AnalysisOversight Panel to Probe FTC’s Handling of Amgen MergerCongress Retirements and ResignationsAHA Urges CMS to Address MA Plan Violationsโดย Health on the Hill

COMBINED HOUSE AND SENATE CALENDARS (CQ): https://rollcall.com/app/uploads/2023/11/2024CQRCCongressionalCalendar.pdfCongress Extends Government Funding Through Early 2024Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Advances 21 BillsSenators Warnock, Kennedy Report on Insulin DesertsBipartisan Group Investigates Health Risks of Meta PlatformsCongressional …

House Speaker Reveals 2-Step Plan to Avert Government ShutdownSenate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH DirectorSenate Finance Advances Mental Health, PBMs, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relief Extension PackageSenate Finance Leadership Requests Artificial Intelligence BriefingSenate HELP Chair Continues Push for Reasonable Pricing and Access Sta…

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule PublishedFiscal Year 2024 Appropriations UpdateSenate Finance Committee to Mark Up Mental Health, PBMs PackagePallone, Neal Push for MA Broker Compensation OversightAdditional GOP Leaders Question Proposed Changes to Nursing Home StandardsSens. Warner, Cassidy Launch Health Care Cybersecurity Working Group…

House GOP Elects Rep. Mike Johnson as SpeakerHELP Committee Advances NIH NomineeBudget Panel Task Force Considers Changes to CBO’s Scoring MethodsHouse Members Urge Admin to Reconsider Nursing Home Staffing RuleLawmakers Push for Marijuana DeschedulingRep. Comer Probes FTC Move to Block Illumina’s Acquisition of GrailAAP Releases New Medicaid/CHIP …

What’s Next in the House Speaker RaceHELP to Vote on NIH Nominee This WeekSenators Launch Mental Health CaucusLawmakers Comment on Biden Administration’s Proposed Changes to Mental Health Parity RequirementsCA Sen. Butler Will Not Seek a Full TermCMS Rejects More than 300 Misleading MA Ads The Rundown! and more...…

GOP Nominee Jim Jordan Faces Unclear Path to SpeakerGOP Doctors Caucus Release Proposal to Reform Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Sen. Blackburn Urges HHS to Affirm Parameters Around Patient Cost-SharingHELP Committee Dems Release Staff Report on Nonprofit Charity CareDoc Caucus Comments on Proposed Nursing Home Staffing Requirements and more...…

Rep. Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House SpeakerGOP Senators Pledge to Block Bills Unrelated to Government FundingWays and Means Members Probe Implementation of Hospice Special Focus ProgramSen. Warren, Rep. Jayapal Urge Scrutiny of UnitedHealth, Amedisys MergerLaphonza Butler Sworn in as SenatorCBO Issues Call for New Obesity ResearchDEA Extends COVID …