House Energy & Commerce Committee
House Legislation Takes Aim at CMMI Models
Bill Presses for Greater Transparency, Strengthened Oversight Key members of two House committees with jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid have introduced legislation to increase oversight and accountability of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). CMMI is the division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) having broad authority to test innovative […]
Read MoreFederal Task Force Seeks Comment on Draft Pain Management Report
Among other actions, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA – Public Law 114-198) authorized creation of a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) charged with: Identification and review of existing best practices for pain management Determination of whether gaps or inconsistencies between such best practices exist, and Development of […]
Read MoreSenate HELP Committee Floats Draft Opioid Package
Proposal would require DEA regulations and GAO study on hospice disposal Issues related to the opioid abuse crisis are increasingly taking center stage in federal policy discussions. Most recently the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)Committee released a bipartisan legislative “discussion draft” titled “The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018” that committee leadership hope […]
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