Health on the Hill

Rep. Arrington, Burgess Question CBO About Drug Development Analysis Oversight Panel to Probe FTC’s Handling of Amgen Merger Congress Retirements and Resignations AHA Urges CMS to Address MA Plan Violations

COMBINED HOUSE AND SENATE CALENDARS (CQ): https://rollcall.com/app/uploads/2023/11/2024CQRCCongressionalCalendar.pdf Congress Extends Government Funding Through Early 2024 Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Advances 21 Bills Senators Warnock, Kennedy Report on Insulin Deserts Bipartisan Group Investigates Health Risks of Meta Platforms Congressional Retirements Update Combined Senate/House 2024...

House Speaker Reveals 2-Step Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH Director Senate Finance Advances Mental Health, PBMs, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relief Extension Package Senate Finance Leadership Requests Artificial Intelligence Briefing Senate HELP Chair Continues Push for Reasonable Pricing and Access Standards Sen. Warren Comments on Amgen Acquisiti...

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Published Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Update Senate Finance Committee to Mark Up Mental Health, PBMs Package Pallone, Neal Push for MA Broker Compensation Oversight Additional GOP Leaders Question Proposed Changes to Nursing Home Standards Sens. Warner, Cassidy Launch Health Care Cybersecurity Working Group COVID Panel Probes Global Biosafety Standard...

House GOP Elects Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker HELP Committee Advances NIH Nominee Budget Panel Task Force Considers Changes to CBO’s Scoring Methods House Members Urge Admin to Reconsider Nursing Home Staffing Rule Lawmakers Push for Marijuana Descheduling Rep. Comer Probes FTC Move to Block Illumina’s Acquisition of Grail AAP Releases New Medicaid/CHIP Policy Statement and more...

What’s Next in the House Speaker Race HELP to Vote on NIH Nominee This Week Senators Launch Mental Health Caucus Lawmakers Comment on Biden Administration’s Proposed Changes to Mental Health Parity Requirements CA Sen. Butler Will Not Seek a Full Term CMS Rejects More than 300 Misleading MA Ads The Rundown! and more...

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

Rep. Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker GOP Senators Pledge to Block Bills Unrelated to Government Funding Ways and Means Members Probe Implementation of Hospice Special Focus Program Sen. Warren, Rep. Jayapal Urge Scrutiny of UnitedHealth, Amedisys Merger Laphonza Butler Sworn in as Senator CBO Issues Call for New Obesity Research DEA Extends COVID Telehealth Rules for Remote Prescribing and...