This Week in Washington: Senate HELP Committee Chairman requests comments on Long COVID draft proposal; CMS announces proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model; CMS releases FY2025 Inpatient and Long-Term Care...more
This Week in Washington: House passes Lower Costs, More Transparency Act and SUPPORT Act Reauthorization; Senate HELP Committee reports SUPPORT Act Reauthorization and three other bills out of committee; ONC releases final...more
12/19/2023
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This Week in Washington: Senate Finance Committee reports out Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs and Extenders Act; Senate confirms NIH Director; House Speaker Proposes Laddered Continuing Resolution....more
This Week in Washington: HHS announces lowest national uninsured rate, CDC recommends RSV antibody for infants, CMS releases rules on inpatient and long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities...more
This Week in Washington: Debt Ceiling Continues to Loom Over the Capitol; DEA Extends COVID-19 Controlled Medications Prescribing Telehealth Flexibilities...more
5/16/2023
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This Week in Washington: President Biden announces ending date of COVID-19 PHE, House begins investigations into COVID-19 origins; State of the Union scheduled for Feb. 7...more
2/7/2023
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This Week in Washington: Fighting over how to proceed on the debt limit; Congress still finalizing committee assignments...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden Selects Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Nominate to the Supreme Court...more
Congress -
The House is in a district work period this week. The Senate is in a state work period this week.
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Short-Term Continuing Resolution Passes Senate and is Signed by the President -
On Feb. 18,...more
This Week in Washington: Continuing Resolution Moves Forward and Senate Sets Up Vote on FDA Commissioner Nomination this Week...more
2/15/2022
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February 8 -
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing: “Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Highlighting Innovations, Maximizing Inclusive Practices and Overcoming Barriers to...more
2/8/2022
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This Week in Washington: Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr Release Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Pandemic and Public Health Response Bill....more
2/1/2022
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This Week in Washington: President Biden and Speaker Pelosi Open to Moving Pieces of the Build Back Better Act....more
1/25/2022
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This week in Washington: Supreme Court Rules on Biden Administration Vaccine Mandates....more