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Senate Finance Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing For Top Biden HHS Nominees

ArentFox Schiff on 4/16/2021

Deputy Secretary and CMS Administrator Picks Would Fill Two Critical Policy Positions - On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for two of the most important health policy officials nominated...more

ML Strategies Health Care Preview - July 2019

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/9/2019

Welcome back. This week, the Senate Finance Committee is set to meet privately to discuss the drug pricing legislation being developed by the committee. All signs point to a deal being close with a few outstanding provisions,...more

Senate Finance Committee Begins Review of Nonprofit Hospitals

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/25/2019

• Based on a new review of nonprofit hospitals by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), a congressional investigation is expected that directly requests a number of specific hospitals to answer...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – November 2018 #3

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 11/20/2018

On Friday, the news came out that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) would move back to chair the Finance Committee, leaving the top post at the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley led the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) Republicans...more

This Week in Congress: July 2018 #3

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/23/2018

The House and Senate convene today at noon and 3 p.m., respectively. House - Votes. The chamber will take up a series of measures to expand and improve access to Health Savings Accounts...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – June 2018

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 6/12/2018

Welcome back. This week, the Senate Finance Committee will mark up an opioid package. The final text will be important for gauging how close the Senate is to the House package. The House will begin voting on dozens of...more

What's New In Washington - April 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/12/2018

Congress returned from its spring recess with a host of issues to address—trade, Trump administration nominations and opioid legislation sitting atop the priority list. Given the ongoing data scandal at Facebook, privacy...more

HHS Nominee Alex Azar Testifies Before Senate HELP

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/29/2017

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee held the first hearing on the confirmation for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Alex Azar on Wednesday, November 29. Notably, only the...more

House of Representatives Passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1); Senate Finance Committee Approves Modified Version; Comparison...

Proskauer - Tax Talks on 11/20/2017

Yesterday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “House bill”). The House bill is identical to the draft bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on November 10. Late...more

CHIP Reauthorization Legislation and Medicare-Medicaid Extender Provisions

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/10/2017

In this memorandum, Holland & Knight's Healthcare & Life Sciences Team summarizes recent legislative action on funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy...more

Another Senate Showdown: Vote Expected on Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill

King & Spalding on 9/27/2017

With the Fiscal Year 2017 budget reconciliation instructions expiring on Saturday, September 30, the Senate is making one last push to consider Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace legislation drafted by Senators...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – July 2017 #4

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 8/2/2017

Following the dramatic conclusion of the failed vote on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it appears the Senate will pivot to other issues, namely the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). However, the...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

Trump HHS Secretary - Confirmation Process & Next Steps

BCLP on 2/3/2017

Over the past two weeks, Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) completed his confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance as well the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committees. The...more

Senate Committee Releases Report on Potential Stark Law Changes, Hearing Scheduled

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/8/2016

On June 30, 2016, the Senate Finance Committee’s Republican staff issued a 20-page report discussing comments made by industry stakeholders after a December 2015 round-table on the future of the physician self-referral law,...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/8/2016

This Week: The President took a victory lap in Wisconsin, announcing that 20 million people have gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act... That figure includes people newly covered through insurance...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/20/2016

This Week: The House is not in session this week... The Senate returns today... Committees in the Senate will hold hearings on co-ops and mental health... Vice President Biden will attend the World Economic Forum in...more

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