House letter urging CMS to reconsider OPPS site-neutral cuts now collecting signatures
Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-CA), are asking their House colleagues to sign on...
President signs funding legislation
President Trump on Sept. 28 signed a spending package into law that averted a government shutdown, at least for now. The new law provides...
Farm bill expires with no new legislation in place
The 2014 farm bill expired at midnight Sept. 30 with Congress nowhere near a compromise needed to pass the new law, H.R. 2.
Agriculture Secretary...
Legislation introduced to end mandatory CNA training lockouts
A bill to end the mandatory Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) training lockout for skilled nursing facilities was introduced Sept. 28 by Rep. Sean Duffy...
House approves opioid legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 28 voted 393-8 to approve final opioid legislation (H.R. 6). A House-Senate agreement would allow states to...
“Gag clause” legislation headed to Trump’s desk for signing
Two Senate bills that will make it easier for patients to get the lowest price on prescription drugs were approved by the House and...
Deal struck on opioid package
The House and Senate reached a final agreement on a bipartisan opioid bill, H.R. 6 (115), after weeks of negotiation. It is anticipated the...
CMS proposes rule to lift regulations, ease burden on providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to relieve burden on providers by removing unnecessary, obsolete or excessive burdensome...
Senate prepares to pass major opioids package
The Senate is expected to vote later today on a major package of legislation, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. The legislation is...
FDA chief calls teenage vaping an “epidemic”, announces steps to curb use
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb escalated efforts to stop an “epidemic” of teenage use of e-cigarettes announcing earlier this week wide-scale...
