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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 1/14/2019

Highlights this week: Nearly 7,000 FDA employees are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown; lawmakers introduce a slew of anti-pharma bills; 18 new Democrats land plum spots on key healthcare committees; and more....more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – January 2019

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/8/2019

There is still no end in sight to the government shutdown which is entering its 17th day. How policymakers find an exit ramp to this latest impasse will have lasting implications on the 116th Congress. Compromise can often be...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 1

Clark Hill PLC on 1/3/2019

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - The 116th Congress. The 116th Congress, with 100 new members of the US House of Representatives (63 Democrats), convenes on Thursday, January 3, with Democrats returning to...more

House, Senate Proposals to Extend Funding for the Federal Government

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/9/2018

Congress moved one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown on Feb. 6, voting overwhelmingly (245-182) to pass a short-term, GOP-backed government funding bill (text; section-by-section) that would keep the federal...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 1/23/2018

With the government shutdown entering its third day, the Senate scheduled a procedural vote at noon today that could pave the way to end the stalemate – but it’s not clear there’s enough support to break the logjam and reopen...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 12/5/2017

Congressional Republicans face a Friday deadline to approve a stopgap budget bill to avert a government shutdown, delaying until later this month key decisions on healthcare priorities like renewing children’s insurance and...more

Lawmakers Reach Deal to End Government Shutdown, Raise Debt Ceiling

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/18/2013

While the focus over the past 16 days has been on the shuttered government and the prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt obligations, there are subtexts that are relevant to the health care industry. This On...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - October 10, 2013

Cozen O'Connor on 10/11/2013

It is now the second week the exchanges have been open and the second week the government has been partially closed. The exchanges still have glitches, and Congress still has not agreed on a way to fund the government,...more

Government Shutdown Continues

King & Spalding on 10/8/2013

Medicare claims processing activities continue during the shutdown. PRRB appeal deadlines, although temporarily suspended, will become due immediately on the day the government reopens. Federal court deadlines remain in...more

Effect of a Government Shutdown on Medicare, Medicaid, and Other ACA-Related Operations

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 9/26/2013

If the federal government is forced to shut down as a result of a budget impasse in Congress, discretionary programs and federal employees would be the most affected, while payments for Medicare services, the Affordable Care...more

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