FDA Hires FSIS Veteran To Guide Food Policy As New Committee Created
A food safety inspection veteran will rejoin FDA next week as the associate commissioner for foods policy, a new senior advisory position established to guide the agency's rulemaking and policy agenda throughout several different centers and offices, according to an agency e-mail obtained by FDA Week.
After Press From States, HHS Allows Open Enrollment For Child Plans
State regulators praised HHS' stance that insurers can use open enrollment periods for child-only plans, a point the department clarified after the health reform law's guaranteed-issue provisions led some carriers to stop writing new policies specifically for children.
Sebelius Urges States To Take Advantage Of Reform Law's Disability Benefits Provisions
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is urging governors to take advantage of provisions in the health reform law that build on the Americans with Disabilities Act, specifically suggesting they apply for the “Money Follows the Person” program, which the reform law extended by five years and provided $2.25 billion, and said CMS will be providing additional guidance on opportunities to strengthen the health care system for people with disabilities.
Bipartisan Malpractice Coverage Legislation Moves Through House Committee
A bipartisan plan to extend medical liability coverage to physicians volunteering at free clinics passed the full House Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote Wednesday.
Republicans Again Question Timing Of CMS Actuary's Release Of Reform Bill Cost Data
Republican House members, joined by three conservative Democrats, introduced a resolution this week seeking documents, records and communications from HHS related to any analysis conducted by the CMS chief actuary pertaining to the health reform bill, and specifically a report issued weeks after the March 23 passage of the bill in an effort to determine whether the Obama administration withheld releasing data on the bill days before a final vote.
Industry, Unions Divided Over DOL's 'Enterprise-Wide' Action Against USPS
Industry and union stakeholders are sharply divided over an unprecedented move by the Department of Labor calling for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to fix electrical violations at 350 facilities, as it is the first time that DOL has executed such an enterprise-wide effort and could portend the way it responds to such findings in the future.
Controversial 'Pay For Delay' Provision Attached To Financial Services Bill
Controversial legislation that would limit brand-name and generic drug makers from reaching deals to delay generic drug marketing was attached to a Senate appropriations subcommittee's financial services spending bill on Tuesday, sources say.
Key GOP Senators Introduce Measure To Repeal Health Reform Law's IPAB
A group of key Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would eliminate one of the administration's most beloved provisions of the health reform law -- the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Dingell Grills HHS/CMS Officials On HIT Bonus Payments, AMA Registers Concerns
The author of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) grilled HHS officials about the law's implementation at a lengthy hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, focusing on the aggressive time line set out in the rule to certify electronic health records systems (EHR) and urging HHS to set up the accreditation process as quickly as possible. Implementation of EHR requirements is viewed as a foundation for health reform.
Health Reform
- After Press From States, HHS Allows Open Enrollment For Child Plans
- Sebelius Urges States To Take Advantage Of Reform Law's Disability Benefits Provisions
- Bipartisan Malpractice Coverage Legislation Moves Through House Committee
Medicare
- Bipartisan Malpractice Coverage Legislation Moves Through House Committee
- Republicans Again Question Timing Of CMS Actuary's Release Of Reform Bill Cost Data
- Controversial 'Pay For Delay' Provision Attached To Financial Services Bill
Congress
- Sebelius Urges States To Take Advantage Of Reform Law's Disability Benefits Provisions
- Bipartisan Malpractice Coverage Legislation Moves Through House Committee
- Republicans Again Question Timing Of CMS Actuary's Release Of Reform Bill Cost Data
Food Safety
- FDA Hires FSIS Veteran To Guide Food Policy As New Committee Created
- Transgenic Salmon Debut Intensifies Genetically Engineered Labeling Debate
- Democrats Point Blame As Food Safety Cost Concerns Creep Into Legislative Debate
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