Federal Committee Hearings Update
Senate Finance Committee kicks off next week with a hearing to look at drug pricing, “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part...
2019 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for 2019 have been released and are effective as of Jan. 11. Publication of...
CMS launches new Medicare app
CMS PRESS RELEASE 1/28/2019
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare experience with...
Update to Posting of Hospital Charges
In a Jan. 17 tweet by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administrator Seema Verma, asking for the Twitterverse to "help us make...
Stark Law, anti-kickback proposed rules could come this year
Politico ProBy Rachel Roubein
​The No. 2 HHS official said today that much-anticipated proposed rules reforming the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute are...
Update on the timing of President Trump’s Budget
PoliticoPro: By Jennifer Scholtes and Caitlin Emma​The White House confirmed to POLITICO today that it will not be releasing President Donald Trump's budget...
Trump Administration’s Proposal for Medicare Advantage Plans
PoliticoPro: By Rachel Roubein
The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Medicare
Advantage rate notice for 2020, a proposal letting insurers know how
much the federal...
FDA issued draft guidance aimed at boosting generic drug competition
PoliticoPRO: By Sarah Owermohle
​The FDA released draft guidance today aimed at boosting generic drug competition by clarifying manufacturers must disclose whether approved products...
Congressional Update on the Drug Industry and Pricing Practices
PolticoPro: By Sarah Owermohle and Dan Diamond
The drug industry must start explaining its pricing practices, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley told POLITICO's "Pulse Check"...
Trump’s Ambitious Plan to Overhaul the Drug Purchasing System
PoliticoPro: By Sarah Karlin-Smith and Sarah Owermohle
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed an ambitious overhaul of the drug purchasing system in its latest bid...
