As maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States continues to be the highest among industrialized nations and disparities are stark with Black women more than three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women, Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration have worked on a range of maternal health legislation and regulatory efforts. The attached issue brief provides... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 28
Congress returns this week to a full plate with about three weeks before lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn for the holiday recess. Fiscal Year 2023 funding: The current continuing resolution expires on December 16. Lawmakers are eyeing a one-week extension to allow for more time to figure out the omnibus spending package. The inclusion of other measures in the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 14
Congress returns to the lame duck session with a big to-do list, including must-pass pieces of legislation: funding the government and reauthorizing the annual defense policy bill. This week, the Senate is expected to debate the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes provisions to strengthen environmental health and security. For example, the bill reauthorizes the Centers for Disease Control... Read More
Impact Health - 2022 Midterm Election Recap
As of the morning of November 9, control of both the House and Senate remains undecided as votes are continuing to be counted in battleground states. Despite record inflation levels and low ratings for President Biden, and a historic pattern of mid-term elections harming the party that holds control, the “red wave” Republicans were hoping would provide them a sweeping... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 1, 2022
You’re Invited – WHG 5-Year Anniversary Party Please join us at our DC office on December 1st to celebrate Wynne Health Group’s 5-Year Anniversary and the holiday season. RSVP and view more information here. We hope to see you there! Election Preview The 2022 Midterm Elections are tomorrow. Democrats remain at risk of losing control of Congress, especially in the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 31, 2022
Regulatory Update The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of two major Medicare payment update rules for calendar year 2023 – the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could release those rules as early as this afternoon, though the timing is not certain... Read More
Impact Health - Roundup of Recent Reproductive Health Developments
The Biden Administration has taken steps to expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Following the decision, abortion bans designed to be “triggered” upon the overturning of Roe v. Wade went into effect in 13 states and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 24, 2022
OMB Updates The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently completed its review of a final rule that would establish the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021’s (CAA) provisions to extend Medicare Part B coverage of immunosuppressive drugs beyond 36 months after transplant and simplify Medicare enrollment rules, including the proposed creation of several special enrollment periods (SEPs)... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 17, 2022
The upcoming elections on Tuesday, November 8, are the first midterms under President Joe Biden’s tenure. The political stakes are particularly high for the Biden Administration, as Democrats are at risk of losing control of Congress. At the moment, Democrats are slightly favored to win the Senate, while Republicans are slightly favored to with the House. A split Congress could... Read More
Impact Health - 2022 Midterm Elections Preview
The upcoming elections on Tuesday, November 8, are the first midterms under President Joe Biden’s tenure. The political stakes are particularly high for the Biden Administration, as Democrats are at risk of losing control of Congress. At the moment, Democrats are slightly favored to win the Senate, while Republicans are slightly favored to with the House. A split Congress could... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 11, 2022
With Congress in recess, we take a closer look at several solicitations from the Biden Administration that signal areas for possible policymaking on the regulatory front. Over the last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued requests for information (RFIs) seeking input on a variety of issues, such as health equity, health care access, waivers and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, September 26
Congress is out today for the Jewish holiday, with the Senate returning tomorrow and the House returning on Wednesday. Tomorrow, the Senate will begin to tee up a vote on a fiscal year (FY) 2023 continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government operating through mid-December. Senate and House committee leaders reached a deal to attach a five-year reauthorization of the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, September 19
The timing of a Senate vote on a continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year (FY) 2023, level-funding the federal government through December 16, remains uncertain. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) deal with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to include reforms to energy permitting, the process for obtaining federal approval for energy projects (e.g., oil and gas pipelines), has complicated the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, September 12
With both the House and Senate back in session this week, there is no shortage of to-do items. The must-pass continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government operating past September 30 is still under discussion, with action expected in the Senate next week, followed by the House. The likely end date for the CR is December 16, but at question is what... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, September 6
With Congress back from summer recess, we provide a status update on various health-related legislative priorities, including government funding and COVID-19 aid, mental health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fees, and interoperability. All of these items require bipartisan support in the Senate, but lawmakers’ appetite for bipartisanship is waning as midterm elections are only nine weeks away. Democrats are... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, August 29
This week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) kicks of the 2022-2023 meeting cycle with sessions on Medicare Advantage (MA) benefit standardization, wage index, Part B drugs, and other topics. In addition to serving as a public forum for commissioners to formulate recommendations to Congress in their March and June 2023 reports, MedPAC meetings also signal to the Administration which... Read More
Impact Health - Wynne Health Group Weekly, August 22
In this issue of the Weekly, we focus on the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The PHE is currently set to expire on October 13, 2022. Since the Biden Administration did not provide its promised 60-day notice that the PHE would end on August 14th (60-days prior to the current expiration date), we anticipate that the PHE will be extended... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, August 15, 2022
President Biden is expected to sign the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376; WHG summary) into law this week. The sweeping FY 2022 budget reconciliation package to lower health care costs, reform tax policy, reduce the deficit, and invest in initiatives to combat the climate crisis delivers a major legislative victory to Democrats. It could be the last big... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, August 8, 2022
Over the weekend, Senate Democrats successfully passed a modified version of the Inflation Reduction Act, including priority provisions such as Medicare drug negotiations and an extension to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies. This comes after Democrats faced major hurdles before the final vote, including rulings from the Senate Parliamentarian on which provisions could be included in a budget reconciliation... Read More
Impact Health - Roundup of Recent Telehealth Policy - August 2022 Update
Attention continues to mount on telehealth expansion at the federal level. In Congress, lawmakers remain interested in determining what the longer-term fate of Medicare telehealth coverage will be beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). While brief post-PHE expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage was already enacted earlier this year, legislation recently passed by the House would extend several telehealth flexibilities... Read More
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