Health on the Hill

House Appropriators Release Preliminary Top-Line Spending Amounts Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Advances 21 Health Care Bills House BIOSECURE Bill Advances Out of Committee FAA Reauthorization Includes Possible Change to Organ Transportation Policy, Updates to In-Flight Emergency Medical Kits Finance Committee Leaders Release White Paper on Physician Payment Reform Bipartisan Senate Workgroup Rel...

House Speaker Mike Johnson Survives Motion to Vacate Ways and Means Committee Marks Up Telehealth, Rural Health Legislation   Sen. Marshall Previews Reintroduction of Prior Authorization Bill Rep. Comer Urges Use of Spending Bills to Gain Compliance with Oversight Requests Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans Question ASPR’s Management of SNS Reps. Blumenauer, Van Duyne Spearhead Letter on Hosp...

Reps. Greene, Massie to Trigger Motion to Vacate Vote House Passes Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act Senate Passes Minority Health Resolution, Considers Health Professional Shortages Senate Finance Leaders Release Proposal Aimed at Drug Shortages Ways and Means Expected to Markup Telehealth Legislation Sen. Klobuchar Requests Investigation into Health Data Analytics Firm United CEO Test...

House Budget Leadership Requests GAO Review of CMMI Sen. Sanders Opens Investigation into Weight-Loss Drug Pricing Rep. Cole Announces Appropriations Deadline and Updates to Earmarking Process NJ Rep. Donald Payne Dies Following Heart Attack WHO Finds Widespread Overuse of Antibiotics During COVID Pandemic and more...

Energy & Commerce Schedules Hearing on Change Healthcare Cyberattack Sen. Cassidy Questions FDA Oversight of Clinical Decision Support Software Rep. Buchanan Asks MedPAC to Rethink Approach to Digital Health Tools Democratic Senators Raise Concerns With Levemir Discontinuation GAO Releases New Report on State PBM Regulations CBO Releases Analysis of Medicare ACOs Past Performance and Future Direct...

Rep. Tom Cole Selected to Chair Appropriations Committee Energy & Commerce Announces Subcommittee Assignment Changes Sen. Sanders Proposes Long-COVID Moonshot Sen. Grassley Calls on HHS to Strengthen Cybersecurity Efforts Secretary Becerra Considering CA Gubernatorial Bid and more...

Bipartisan Privacy Rights Draft Released Rep. Aderholt Presses for Budget Reforms Before Vote on New Appropriations Leader CMS Finalizes 2025 MA Payment Update HHS Releases Drug Shortages White Paper HSGAC Chairman Seeks Information on Private Equity Impact on ER Care E&C GOP Requests GAO Report on NIH Handling of National Security Concerns Rep. Grijalva Announces Cancer Diagnosis Democratic Physi...

GAO Releases Report on Federal Improper Payments Sens. Wyden, Grassley Seek Details on UNOS Data Breach Sens. Markey, Warren Push for Field Hearing on For-Profit Health Companies Dems Comment on Abortion, EMTALA in Amicus Brief White House Releases Memo on Use of AI Congressional Retirements and Resignations and more...

Congress Wraps Up FY2024 Appropriations House Passes Preventive Health Savings Act Energy & Commerce Advances 17 Health Bills Democrats Push CFPB to Revise Handling of Medical Debt Sens. Warren, Rubio Press DoD on Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Bipartisan Investigation into High-Risk Research Announced Senate Dems Comment on Pandemic Accord Negotiations Congressional Retirements and Resignations and...

President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget Proposal HHS FY 2024 Funding Deadline Approaches Sen. Lankford Blocks VA IVF Legislation Energy & Commerce Health Sub Advances 19 Bills Sen. Hassan Urges UnitedHealth to Better Support Providers Impacted by Cyberattack Finance, HELP Committee Leadership Push Agencies to Address Surprise Patient Costs  Sen. Cassidy Issues RFI on Regulation of Clinical Tests R...

***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 Address Government Funding Package Signed With Medicare Physician Payment Provision CMS Announces Advanced Payments in Response to Clearinghouse Cyberattack House Passes Seven Health Bills Latest Health Legislation Advanced Out of Com...

Congress Extends Government Funding Congress Reaches Deal on Six Appropriations Bills and Health Provisions House to Vote on Health Bills This Week Sen. Mitch McConnell to Step Down from Senate Leadership Lawmakers Respond to Alabama Embryo Ruling Sen. Grassley Releases Updates on FTC’s PBM Investigation AI Work Group Considers Role of Medicare/Medicaid Investments Sens. Warner, Rubio Push Commerc...

Agencies Prepare for Partial Shutdown as March 1 Deadline Approaches House Leadership Announces New Bipartisan AI Task Force Senators Coons, Tillis Spearhead Letters on March-In Rights, IP Protection Senator Cassidy Releases White Paper on Health Data Privacy Protections Alabama Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Frozen Embryos and more...

Senate Passes Supplemental Appropriations Measure Lawmakers Consider Potential of Short and Long-Term Physician Fee Schedule Reform Sens. Durbin, Braun Call on FDA to Address Rx Drug Promotion on Social Media Energy & Commerce Leaders Ask GAO to Assess Risks of Selling Excess Laboratory Equipment Sanders Urges Strong Warning Labels to Combat Diabetes Epidemic and Obesity Lawmakers Express Concerns...

House Passes Bill to Expand Prohibition on QALYs Oversight Panel Advances PBM Reform Bill Budget Committee Marks Up Preventive Health Savings Act Democrats Urge White House to Finalize March-In Rights Guidance E&C Subpoenas NIH for Documents Related to Sexual Harassment Investigation CBO Releases Latest Deficit Projections Congressional Retirements and Resignations and more...

Government Funding Update CMS Makes First Offers in Drug Price Negotiation Program Senate Finance Advances ASPE Nominee Senator Baldwin Calls for Increased Competition in Asthma-Inhaler Market Senate Dems Urge DEA to Deschedule Marijuana Lawmakers File Brief in Mifepristone Case HHS Finalizes OUD Treatment Rule and more...

Agreement Reached on Topline Funding Numbers Senate Passes Legislation to Address the Nursing Shortage Administration, Congressional Policymakers Consider MA Program Reforms Finance Leaders Consider Policies to Prevent Generic Drug Shortages Lawmakers to Launch Digital Health Caucus HHS Releases Goals for Cybersecurity Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Agree to Testify in Congressional Hearing Lawmaker...

Congress Passes CR, Averting Government Shutdown Until March CMS Releases Final Interoperability and E-Prior Authorization Regulation HELP Committee to Vote on Prescription Drug Pricing Investigation Biden Administration Drops Appeal on the Copay Accumulator Decision Schatz Leads Bipartisan Letter on Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities ARPA-H to Solicit Rural Care Proposals FDA, CMS Issue Joint Sta...

Congressional Leaders Agree to Extend Laddered Short-Term Funding Plan HELP Chair Launches Investigation Into Pricing of Asthma Inhalers Fauci Completes Two Days of Interviews Before House Panel ARPA-H to Solicit Preventive Care Proposals HHS Appoints First Ever Chief Competition Officer OMB Clears CMS Prior Authorization Regulation MedPAC Votes on Payment Update Recommendations Congressional Reti...

Bipartisan Agreement on Overall Funding Levels Announced Senators Comment on Co-pay Assistance Lawsuit Energy & Commerce GOP Launches Probe into Internal Scientific Disagreements at FDA FDA Approves Florida Request to Import Drugs from Canada Congressional Retirements and Resignations and more...

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Congress Adjourns For 2023 118th Congress Is Least Productive in Modern History Sen. Markey Leads Letter on FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee Sen. Cassidy Pushes for PAHPA Reauthorization Democrats Release Report on Health Care System and Climate Change CBO Calls for New Drug Development Research DOL Proposes to Rescind 2018 AHP Rule FDA Updates In-Person Meeting Policies Congressional Retirem...

House Adjourns for Holiday Recess House Passes Health Transparency Bill, SUPPORT Act Reauthorization Democrats Probe Pharmacies Protection of Patient Privacy Carter, Barragán Lead Comments on Co-pay Assistance Lawsuit Energy & Commerce GOP Demands Answers on FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program GAO Details Challenges of NSA Implementation Missouri implements first PDMP and more...

Health Transparency Bill to be Considered Under Suspension of the Rules Energy and Commerce Advances 19 Health Bills Rep. Murphy Introduces Legislation to Fully Avert Medicare Physician Cut House Passes TRANQ Research Act, VA Home Care Legislation Budget Committee Leaders to Investigate Private Equity Hospital Ownership HELP Ranking Member Issues RFI on Gene Therapies FDA Approves Groundbreaking C...

House to Consider Two Health Bills this Week White House Announces New Steps to Strengthen Medical Supply Chains FDA Chief Scientist to Succeed Woodcock at FDA Sens. Warren, Blumenthal Probe Private Equity-Backed Anesthesia Practice Fauci to Appear Before Congressional Coronavirus Panel George Santos Expelled from the House and more...