On January 31, 2024, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss the growth in U.S. health care spending. Committee members discussed the need to create solutions to curb spending growth, discussing both bipartisan and partisan solutions to the issue.
On January 25, 2024, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine challenges seniors and assisted living facilities experience in caregiving. The Committee discussed issues around workforce, safety, and private equity ownership in assisted living facilities.
On January 18, 2024, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until March. In addition to keeping HHS and the FDA operating, it also extends certain bipartisan legislative priorities like Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments and rural physician payments.
On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on prior authorization (PA) and interoperability. The rule sets new deadlines for plans to respond to prior authorization requests and allows beneficiaries to have more transparency into any PA decisions.
On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on prior authorization (PA) and interoperability. The rule sets new deadlines for plans to respond to prior authorization requests and allows beneficiaries to have more transparency into any PA decisions.
