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McDermottPlus Check-Up: February 28, 2020

This Week’s Dose: The Administration requested emergency funding to fight the coronavirus epidemic, and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar defended the Pres...

McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: February 24, 2020

AZAR DEFENDS THE HHS BUDGET THIS WEEK.

  • Azar Continues to Defend the HHS Budget. It will be a busy week for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar. He will be defending the HHS bu...

    McDermottPlus Check-Up: February 14, 2020

    This Week’s Dose: House committees advanced legislation to address surprise billing, and the White House released the President’s budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021.

    McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: February 10, 2020

    IT’S SURPRISE BILLING AND BUDGET WEEK.   

    • It’s Another Busy Week For Surprise Billing Proposals. Last week ended with a flurry of activity relating to surprise billing. First, the House ...

      McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: February 3, 2020

      SURPRISE BILLING IS BACK.   

      • Surprise Billing is Back in the Spotlight. Since December, we have been waiting for the House Ways and Means Committee to release language for its surprise billi...

        McDermottPlus Check-Up: January 31, 2020

        This Week’s Dose: The House of Representatives returned from recess to continue work on legislation to address surprise medical bills and high drug costs, while the Administration unveiled a...

        McDermottPlus Check-Up: January 17, 2020

        This Week’s Dose: The House of Representatives voted to formally present the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, kicking off the trial phase of the impeachment pr...

        McDermottPlus Check-Up: January 10, 2020

        This Week’s Dose: Congress is back in session following the holiday recess, though the exact Senate schedule remains uncertain as lawmakers negotiate the details of President Trump’s impea...

        McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 20, 2019

        This Week’s Dose: The 2019 legislative session has come to an end. Lawmakers reached a deal to fund the government through fiscal year (FY) 2020, the House of Representatives impeached Presi...

        McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: December 16, 2019

        A Busy Week to End 2019. Sort of.

        • Congress Has One Week to Fund the Government and Address Major Health Care Priorities. Congress needs to fund the government and address the health care exten...

          McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 13, 2019

          This Week’s Dose: House Democrats passed a sweeping drug pricing reform package and key House and Senate committees announced a surprise billing deal. ...

          McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: December 09, 2019

          Never a Dull Moment in Healthcare.

          • All the Major Healthcare Proposals are in Play, But Assembly is Still Required. Late last week, the Senate Finance Committee released a bipartisan and update...

            McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 06, 2019

            This Week’s Dose: Congress is back in town with just two weeks to address government funding and many healthcare issues. More proposals are emerging on drug pricing and surprise billing, and...

            McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: December 02, 2019

            Welcome Back from Thanksgiving!

            • Congress Has Three Weeks Left to Achieve Massive Cooperation and Compromise. The House has an ambitious agenda for the next three weeks: 1) pass H.R. 3, the Pe...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 4, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: The impeachment inquiry proceedings are still moving forward, despite the Congressional recess. Surprise billing activity continued, and the Trump Administration issued an ...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: September 20, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Speaker Pelosi released her long-awaited drug pricing bill, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee questioned drug companies’ financial motivations during a hearing ...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: September 13, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: The House and Senate are back in session with two weeks to go until the government funding deadline and lots to do. Congress...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: September 3, 2019

              Welcome to September!  What Does The Rest of the Year Have in Store for us? Prior to the August recess, there was significant movement in Congress to advance health care proposals. As a reminder, the proposals...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: July 29, 2019

              One chamber down. One to go before the August recess. What Will the Senate Do During Its Last Week in Session? It is likely the Senate will focus on issues outside of health care this week, so the health care community c...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: July 26, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: The Senate Finance Committee finally released its drug pricing package and moved quickly to a markup. The bill passed out of committee, but work will continue before the fu...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: July 22, 2019

              This is the last scheduled week the House is in session and the second to last week the Senate is in session before the August recess.  What will get done? Mark-Up of the Senate Finance Committee’s Prescription Drug Package This Week?...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: July 19, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: The Energy and Commerce Committee held a marathon mark-up of 25 bills, including 10 health care related bills. The No Surprises Act received an amendment that adds arbitrat...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: July 12, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Congress is back for the final legislative session before the August recess, and it’s all about what can get done ahead of the break. House and Senate committees have alr...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: July 8, 2019

              They’re back…and heading into the final weeks before the August recess. What Can Get Done? That’s the key question as we enter into the next four weeks. Congress has been very busy leading up to this stretch, and what gets...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: June 24, 2019

              The last week before recess is shaping up to be a busy one. All Eyes on the Administration. The Administration is expected to release a transparency executive order as early as today. This executive order is rumored to direct ag...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 21, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Three weeks down, one week to go in this work period. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is moving forward with its cost containment legislat...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: June 17, 2019

              Two weeks down. Two weeks to go. All Eyes Watching the Senate HELP Committee. This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will have a hearing on the Lower Health Care Costs Act. The Lower Health...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 14, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: The focus was back on surprise billing this week with the third hearing of the year. We also saw hearings on Medicare for All and vertical consolidation in the health care ...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 7, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Congress is back, and this week marked the start of another busy legislative session. Work continues on drug pricing, surprise billing and cost containment, and negotiation...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 24, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: We saw a flurry of activity this week related to drug pricing, surprise billing, cost containment and tobacco as lawmakers worked through their to-do list ahead of the Memo...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: May 20, 2019

              Buckle up. It’s a busy week right before recess. It is widely rumored that a cost containment package will be released this week. And the key question is: what’s in it? L...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 17, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Drug pricing remains in the spotlight, but lawmakers also introduced legislation focused on surprise billing and coinsurance. Congres...

              McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: May 13, 2019

              We are half way through this four week work stretch… And the conversations continue to point to prescription drug pricing. Last week was a busy week on prescription drug p...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 10, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Another busy week for prescription drug pricing. Two more hearings took place on the subject, and a handful of bills passed out of the House. Now we watch the Senate to see...

              McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 5, 2019

              This Week’s Dose: Health care continues to dominate much of the attention on Capitol Hill. Lots of hearings. New coverage expansion legislation. And more state action on Medicaid. <...