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Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021
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Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021 This bill establishes a series of oversight and disclosure requirements relating to the prices of brand-name drugs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review at least annually all brand-name drugs for excessive pricing; HHS must also review prices upon petition. If any such drugs are found to be excessively priced, HHS must (1) void any government-granted exclusivity; (2) issue open, nonexclusive licenses for the drugs; and (3) expedite the review of corresponding applications for generic drugs and biosimilar biological products. HHS must also create a public database with its determinations for each drug. Under the bill, a price is considered excessive if the domestic average manufacturing price exceeds the median price for the drug in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Japan. If a price does not meet this criteria, or if pricing information is unavailable in at least three of the aforementioned countries, the price is still considered excessive if it is higher than reasonable in light of specified factors, including development cost, revenue, and the size of the affected patient population. The bill also requires drug manufacturers to report specified financial information for brand-name drugs, including research and advertising expenditures.
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 PBM Reform Medicaid H.R. 2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule Pricing and Rebates Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs, More Transparency Act CMMI Authority Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Lower Costs, More Cures Act Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) Part D redesign and policy issues including non-interference and rebates policy issues Part B policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Rebate policy issues Value-based purchasing arrangements policy issues Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and model policy issues CMS Guidance on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Revised Guidance S.1544/H.R. 1199: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S.1133: 340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---S.4667: Risky Research Review Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosimilar Copay ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R.8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2025 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.2780: Medication Affordability & Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---S.5573: A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for a safe harbor from infringement of a method of use patent relating to drugs or biological products. ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Efforts to expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---MCM PRV ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---VICP Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Creating Hope Reauthorization Act ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) ---Funding for Womens Health Research Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.6973: Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4758: Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.3433: Give Kids a Chance Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S.1133: 340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation of BSUFA Agreement ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---H.R.8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S.4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 S. 142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act PBM Reform Medicaid H.R. 2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act Average Manufacturers Price Calculations Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule Pricing and Rebates Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs, More Transparency Act CMMI Authority Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs Lower Costs, More Cures Act National Coverage Determination Protected Classes Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule H.R. 3421: Medicare for All Act Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) Part D redesign and policy issues including non-interference and rebates policy issues Part B policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Rebate policy issues Value-based purchasing arrangements policy issues Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and model policy issues CMS Guidance on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Revised Guidance S.1544/H.R. 1199: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---S. 4667 Risky Research Review Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosimilar Copay ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R. 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2025 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S. 2780 Medication Affordability & Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Efforts to expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---MCM PRV ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---VICP Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Creating Hope Reauthorization Act ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) ---Funding for Womens Health Research Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---H.R 6973: Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/2933: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.3433 - Give Kids a Chance Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
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2024 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation of BSUFA Agreement ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---HR 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.2780 - Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S.4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2024 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---HR 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2024 · second_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R. 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2025 ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act ---Funding for Womens Health Research Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2024 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
2024 · first_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Ranking Member Cassidy RFI on Improving Americans Health Data Privacy Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---CLEAR Patents Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2024 · first_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Ranking Member Cassidy RFI on Improving Americans Health Data Privacy Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---CLEAR Patents Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2024 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
340 Drug Discount Program 340B Accountability Act PROTECT 340B Act RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Drug Pricing - FY 2024 Appropriations Drug Pricing - FY 2025 Appropriations H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act H.R. 5539: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6283: DRUG Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 148: Stop STALLING Act PBM Reform Medicaid H.R. 2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act Average Manufacturers Price Calculations Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule Pricing and Rebates Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs, More Transparency Act CMMI Authority Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs Lower Costs, More Cures Act National Coverage Determination Protected Classes Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule H.R. 3421: Medicare for All Act Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) Part D redesign and policy issues including non-interference and rebates policy issues Part B policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Rebate policy issues Value-based purchasing arrangements policy issues Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and model policy issues CMS Guidance on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Revised Guidance
340B Drug Discount Program - 340B Accountability Act 340B Drug Discount Program - Program Implementation & Oversight 340B Drug Discount Program - PROTECT 340B Act 340B Drug Discount Program - RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accelerated Approval Alternative Funding Programs Drug Shortages Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 S. 148: Stop STALLING Act S. 150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 CMMI Aurthority COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 PBM Reform Funding for FDA - FY 2024 Appropriations Funding for FDA - FY 2025 Appropriations S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Orphan Drug Issues H.R. 5539/S. 3131: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 S. 1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2139/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 2666: Medicaid for VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act CMMI Authority Lower Costs, More Cures Act Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products National Coverage Determination Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-based Contracting and Communications Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3093: Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 3285: Fairness for Patient Medications Act H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1906: Promising Pathway Act - Approval pathway policy issues S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2456: Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 4953: Protect Drug Innovation Act User fee policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval authority policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Drug shortages policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues
2023 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.3290: 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 AI Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---WHO Pandemic Accord ---VICP Loopholes ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts Biosimilars ---BIOSIM Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Vaccine And Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Healthcare Disparities ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change Data Privacy ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Health Data Privacy ---CDC ---NIH Modernization Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability ---General Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Executive Order on Buy American ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Counterfeiting ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Draft Double Patenting bill ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---CLEAR Patents Act ---H.R.6275: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2023 ---S.3583/H.R.6986 - 118th Cong. A bill to address patent thickets. Drug Pricing ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.4531: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5391/S.2764: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act ---Small and Large Molecule IRA Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy Funding for National Institutes of Health ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Gene Therapy Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency bills ---Pricing and Rebates ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act ---Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---PPRV Reauthorization ---Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.652/H.R.2630: Safe Step Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---H.R.6731/S.3464: The FORWARD Act Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act (Discussion Draft) ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft) ---VICP Loopholes
2023 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.3290: 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---General Drug Pricing ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act (Discussion Draft) ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics of 2023 ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---National Coverage Determination ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.4531: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule (MDRP) ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.2630/S.652: Safe Step Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Value of vaccines and vaccine confidence ---Vaccine safety net and vaccine infrastructure
2023 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.3290: 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---General Drug Pricing ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act (Discussion Draft) ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.133:Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics of 2023 ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---National Coverage Determination Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule (MDRP) ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.2630/S.652: Stage Step Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Value of vaccines and vaccine confidence ---Vaccine safety net and vaccine infrastructure
2023 · third_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.3290: 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---340B Accountability Act ---General ---H.R.2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023 ---RFI Accelerated Approval --- H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Alternative Funding Programs ---General Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---Improving Contract Transparency at BARDA Act (Discussion Draft) ---Improving Contract Transparency for the SNS Act (Discussion Draft) ---MCM PRV Program ---PHE Congressional Review Act of 2023 (Discussion Draft) ---PHEMCE Advisory Committee Act of 2023 (Discussion Draft) ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---White House National Biodefense Strategy Biosimilars ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2022 ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement ---Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.3066: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Healthcare Disparities ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Small Business Loans ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability ---General Drug Importation ---General Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---AI ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---CLEAR Patents Act ---Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Draft Double Patenting bill Drug Pricing ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for 2020 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---FDA Reforms ---NIH Research Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act ---Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---General Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.652/H.R.2630: Safe Step Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act (Discussion Draft) ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Drug Pricing ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---S.3013: Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act of 2019 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Step Therapy Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---Executive Order on Modernizing Influenza Vaccines ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA ---White House National Biodefense Strategy Biosimilars ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2022 ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.834: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Healthcare Disparities ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Senate HELP Pandemic Preparedness White Paper ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver Climate Change ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight ---H.R.4128/S.2209: VALID Act Diversity & Inclusion ---H.R.3085: Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act of 2021 ---H.R.5030: Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act ---H.R.6584: Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Clinical Trial Diversity Drug Evaluation and Review ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.6963: Accelerated Approval Integrity Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 ---H.R.6996: Accelerating Approval for Patients Act ---H.R.7008: The Pre-Approval Information Exchange Act ---S.1644: Promising Pathway Act ---S.1645: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies (ADAPT) Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---Compassionate Use/Expanded Access ---Expedited Pathways ---Innovation Incentives ---Patient-Focused Drug Development ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities ---Priority Review Voucher Programs ---Reforms to the Accelerated Approval Pathway ---Regulatory Reform & Modernization ---Use of Real-World Evidence Drug Importation ---S.920: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---H.R.3927/S.2082: Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act ---H.R.6988: Drug Manufacturing Innovation Act ---H.R.7006: Improving the Nations Safe Pharmaceuticals and Excipients by Creating Tools for Inspecting and overseeing Needed Supplies (INSPECTIONS) Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Counterfeiting ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2884: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.4430: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 ---S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA Funding for FDA ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.8239: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Funding for National Institutes of Health ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.5585: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---Funding for 2022-2023 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.2853: Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications Act ---S.4351/H.R. 6973: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---S.4338/H.R. 7032: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---S.3013: Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act of 2019 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates Opioid Crisis ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5566: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.6888/S.4071: Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Step Therapy Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---H.R.951/H.R.959/S.345/S.346: Maternal Vaccinations Act of 2021 ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2347/S.2691: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.9127: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.9358: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---S.4509 Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021 ---S.3087: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Antitrust Legislation ---S.225: Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 Bayh-Dole Act/Tech Transfer ---Bayh-Dole Act ---March-In Rights Compulsory Licensing ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---TRIPS Waiver Data Privacy Issues ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---S.2499: Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act Diversity in Patenting ---H.R.1723/S.632: Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act of 2021 Drug Patenting ---H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2884: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.2773: Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2021 ---S.2774: Pride in Patent Ownership Act ---S.2891: Restoring the America Invents Act ---S.4430: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Intellectual Property Enforcement ---TRIPS Waiver Inter Partes Review ---H.R.5874: Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act ---S.2774: Pride in Patent Ownership Act ---S.2891: Restoring the America Invents Act ---Implementation of the America Invents Act of 2011 ---Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act (Discussion Draft) Patent Reform ---S.4417: Patent Trial and Appeal Board Reform Act of 2022 ---S.4430: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022 ---Patent Litigation Reform Patenting of Biological Inventions ---35 USC Section 101 on Patent Eligibility ---Section 101 Modernization Patenting of Humanitarian Technologies ---H.R.5796: Patents for Humanity Act of 2021 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ---Mexico Draft Decree Banning Genetically Modified Corn
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for federal childcare benefits for members of the health care workforce. Advocate for increasing borrowing limits on SBA loans and ensuring health care providers are eligible. Support direct funding for health care providers treating COVID-19 patients, including funding through the Hospital Preparedness Program. Support funding and efforts to ensure health care providers have access to essential materials, such as PPE, for COVID-19 response and readiness. Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Advocate for direct Federal funding for state and local governments during the COVID-19 crisis. Discuss the distribution methodology for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with the White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts to Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), funding for hospital infrastructure (support), the Affordable Care Act (support), and liver allocation reforms (support). Educate Congressional staff and lawmakers on Medicare for All. Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441) the Training Psychiatrist for the Future Act, and President Biden's FY 2024 Budget. Discuss technical assistance regarding graduate medical education legislation with committee staff. Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Support surprise billing legislation reform and work with committee and Congressional staff on a range of issues. Discussed several bills, including the No Surprises Act (P.L. 116-260). Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues Discuss provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748) related to health care provider liability and immunity with Congressional and committee staff. Attend cybersecurity briefing related to foreign threats with FBI. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House and Congressional staff. Discuss drug shortages related to the COVID-19 crisis with Congressional and Administration staff. Coordinate with ASPR, the Department of Defense, FEMA and the FDA on COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss hospital infrastructure spending with the White House and Congressional staff, including the LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) and INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684). Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss supply chain issues, including PPE and ventilators, with Congressional staff, HHS and White House. Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss insurance companies transactions and policies affecting health care providers with Congressional staff and support for the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173). Discuss surprise billing legislation with White House staff. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS. Discuss the regulation of laboratory developed tests and the VALID Act with Congressional and committee staff. Discuss family planning funding with staff at HHS. Discuss federal climate pledge with staff at HHS. Discuss monkeypox therapeutics, FDA Commissioner Discuss support for the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053) with congressional staff. Discuss FEMA reimbursement with FEMA and congressional staff. Discuss hospital and health care provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. Discuss support for legislation to reduce proposed reimbursement cuts to home health providers.
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), and the Affordable Care Act (support). Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441), the Training Psychiatrist for The Future Act, and President Biden's FY 2024 Budget request. graduate medical education legislation Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House, and Congressional staff. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS. Discuss opposition to Medicare statutory PAYGO cuts with congressional staff. Discuss Medicaid waiver proposal with CMS staff. Discuss visitation issues with HHS staff. Discuss support for the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021. Discuss support for the Acute Hospital Care at Home program. Support legislation to provide support for safety-net hospitals.
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.550: Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Drug Pricing ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Drug Pricing Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Drug Pricing Provisions ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---Executive Order on Modernizing Influenza Vaccines ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA ---White House National Biodefense Strategy Biosimilars ---H.R.7047: A bill to Amend title III of PHSA re: determination re: biosimilar application elements ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2017 ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---FY 2022 Continuing Resolution ---H.R.550: Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.834: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Healthcare Disparities --- In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Senate HELP Pandemic Preparedness White Paper ---Small Business Loans ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver Climate Change ---FY 2023 Appropriations Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight ---H.R.4128/S.2209: VALID Act Diversity & Inclusion ---H.R.729: Strength in Diversity Act of 2021 ---H.R.3085: Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act of 2021 ---H.R.5030: Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act ---H.R.6584: Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Clinical Trial Diversity Drug Evaluation and Review ---H.R.6963: Accelerated Approval Integrity Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 ---H.R.6996: Accelerating Approval for Patients Act ---H.R.7008: The Pre-Approval Information Exchange Act ---S.1644: Promising Pathway Act ---S.1645: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies (ADAPT) Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---Compassionate Use/Expanded Access ---Expedited Pathways ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Innovation Incentives ---Patient-Focused Drug Development ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities ---Reforms to the Accelerated Approval Pathway ---Regulatory Reform & Modernization ---Use of Real-World Evidence Drug Importation ---S.920: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---H.R.3927/S.2082: Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act ---H.R.6988: Drug Manufacturing Innovation Act ---H.R.7006: Improving the Nations Safe Pharmaceuticals and Excipients by Creating Tools for Inspecting and overseeing Needed Supplies (INSPECTIONS) Act ---H.R.7767: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment. ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment (Discussion Draft) ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Counterfeiting ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2884: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.2774: Pride in Patent Ownership Act ---S.2891: Restoring the America Invents Act ---S.4430: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Drug Pricing Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 ---S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2022 Continuing Resolution ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.4521: COMPETES Act ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Reauthorization of PAHPA Funding for FDA ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---H.R.8239: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2022 Continuing Resolution ---FY 2023 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.623: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 ---H.R.5585: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---Funding for 2022-2023 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2023 Appropriations Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.6973/S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---H.R.7032/S.4338: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.7389: Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act of 2022 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---FDA Reforms ---Implementation of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018 ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---H.R.5566 Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.1730: Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act ---H.R.6888/S.4071: Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Drug Pricing Provisions ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.951/H.R.959/S.345/S.346: Maternal Vaccinations Act of 2021 ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2347/S.2691: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.9127: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Adult Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to health care, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), oncology coverage, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, education around COVID-19 therapies, and PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022; Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to Rx-to-OTC switch issues, influenza, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, TRICARE Pharmacy Program, education around COVID-19 therapies, and PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022. Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
340B drug discount program; drug pricing; importation of biopharmaceuticals; transparency; direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising; international pharmaceutical supply chain; education around COVID-19 therapies; antimicrobial resistance legislation; PDUFA Reauthorization; S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S.3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022. DoD TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program; FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.7900, S.4543), S.4293, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022. Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (P.L.116-22) and SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L.115-271). Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Regulatory and legislative health care issues, including: 340B program; TRICARE Pharmacy Program; FDA Guidance on Alzheimer's drug development; Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; Drug Pricing; PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to depression, mental health, opioid abuse, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, education around COVID-19 therapies, home infusion, plasma therapy, PDUFA Reauthorization, and clinical trial diversity; S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), and the Affordable Care Act (support). Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441), the Training Psychiatrist for The Future Act, and President Biden's FY 2024 Budget request. graduate medical education legislation Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House, and Congressional staff. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS. Discuss opposition to Medicare statutory PAYGO cuts with congressional staff.
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for federal childcare benefits for members of the health care workforce. Advocate for increasing borrowing limits on SBA loans and ensuring health care providers are eligible. Support direct funding for health care providers treating COVID-19 patients, including funding through the Hospital Preparedness Program. Support funding and efforts to ensure health care providers have access to essential materials, such as PPE, for COVID-19 response and readiness. Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Advocate for direct Federal funding for state and local governments during the COVID-19 crisis. Discuss the distribution methodology for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with the White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts to Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), funding for hospital infrastructure (support), the Affordable Care Act (support), and liver allocation reforms (support). Educate Congressional staff and lawmakers on Medicare for All. Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441) the Training Psychiatrist for the Future Act, and President Biden's FY 2024 Budget. Discuss technical assistance regarding graduate medical education legislation with committee staff. Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Support surprise billing legislation reform and work with committee and Congressional staff on a range of issues. Discussed several bills, including the No Surprises Act (P.L. 116-260). Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues Discuss provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748) related to health care provider liability and immunity with Congressional and committee staff. Attend cybersecurity briefing related to foreign threats with FBI. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House and Congressional staff. Discuss drug shortages related to the COVID-19 crisis with Congressional and Administration staff. Coordinate with ASPR, the Department of Defense, FEMA and the FDA on COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss hospital infrastructure spending with the White House and Congressional staff, including the LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) and INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684). Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss supply chain issues, including PPE and ventilators, with Congressional staff, HHS and White House. Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss insurance companies transactions and policies affecting health care providers with Congressional staff and support for the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173). Discuss surprise billing legislation with White House staff. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS. Discuss the regulation of laboratory developed tests and the VALID Act with Congressional and committee staff. Discuss family planning funding with staff at HHS. Discuss federal climate pledge with staff at HHS. Discuss monkeypox therapeutics, FDA Commissioner Discuss support for the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053) with congressional staff. Discuss FEMA reimbursement with FEMA and congressional staff.
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues pertaining to drug pricing and reimbursement, transparency and patient access. HR 2163/S 464 "Safe Step Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Healthy Futures Task Force, Request for Information. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 97-414 "Orphan Drug Act," all provisions. Issues pertaining to improved oversight regulatory requirements for 340B hospital reporting, excluding Federal Grantees. S 909 "Prescription Drug Price Relief Act," all provisions. HR 5376 "To Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of S. Con. Res. 14," all provisions relating to drug pricing and tax. HR 5260 "Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act," all provisions. HR 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions. Issues relating to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA VII), Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA III), and Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA III) and the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA V). HR 3173 "Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act," all provisions. HR 6963 "Accelerated Approval Integrity Act," all provisions.
Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues and policies impacting innovation in drug development S. 908 (Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act), all provisions S. 909 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021), all provisions S. 1427 (Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021), regarding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center shared savings demonstration projects H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act), all provisions S. 1898 (Affordable Medications Act), all provisions H.R. 5376 (Build Back Better Act), Title XIII, Subtitle J, regarding drug pricing H.R. 6000 (Cures 2.0 Act), all provisions S. 3799 (PREVENT Pandemics Act), Title V, regarding drug manufacturing
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues pertaining to drug pricing and reimbursement, transparency and patient access. HR 2163/S 464 "Safe Step Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Healthy Futures Task Force, Request for Information. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 97-414 "Orphan Drug Act," all provisions. Issues pertaining to improved oversight regulatory requirements for 340B hospital reporting, excluding Federal Grantees. S 909 "Prescription Drug Price Relief Act," all provisions. HR 5376 "To Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of S. Con. Res. 14," all provisions relating to drug pricing and tax. HR 5260 "Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act," all provisions. HR 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions. Issues relating to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA VII), Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA III), and Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA III) and the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA V). HR 3173 "Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act," all provisions. HR 6963 "Accelerated Approval Integrity Act," all provisions.
Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Regulatory and legislative health care issues, including: 340B program; TRICARE Pharmacy Program; FDA Guidance on Alzheimer's drug development; Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; Drug Pricing; PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to health care, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), oncology coverage, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, education around COVID-19 therapies, and PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022; Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to Rx-to-OTC switch issues, influenza, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, TRICARE Pharmacy Program, education around COVID-19 therapies, and PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022. Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
340B drug discount program; drug pricing; importation of biopharmaceuticals; transparency; direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising; international pharmaceutical supply chain; education around COVID-19 therapies; antimicrobial resistance legislation; PDUFA Reauthorization; S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S.3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022. DoD TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program; FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.7900), S.4293, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022. Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (P.L.116-22) and SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L.115-271). Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act (draft legislation).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to depression, mental health, opioid abuse, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, education around COVID-19 therapies, home infusion, plasma therapy, and PDUFA Reauthorization; S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; H.R.7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022; S.4348, FDASLA Act of 2022.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---Executive Order on Modernizing Influenza Vaccines ---Implementation of 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA ---Tropical Disease Priority Review (PRV) Program ---White House National Biodefense Strategy Biosimilars ---H.R.7035: Biologics Market Transparency Act ---H.R.7047: A bill to Amend title III of PHSA re: determination re: biosimilar application elements ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2017 ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.834: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Defense Production Act (DPA) ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Healthcare Disparities ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Senate HELP Pandemic Preparedness White Paper ---Small Business Loans ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS IP Waiver Climate Change ---FY 2023 Appropriations Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight ---H.R.4128/S.2209: VALID Act Diversity & Inclusion ---H.R.729: Strength in Diversity Act of 2021 ---H.R.3085: Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act of 2021 ---H.R.5030: Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act ---H.R.6584: Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.3799: Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Clinical Trial Diversity Drug Evaluation and Review ---H.R.3927/S.2082: Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act ---H.R.4472: Better Empowerment Now To Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments (BENEFIT) Act ---H.R.4511: FDA Advancing Collection of Transformative Science (FACTS) Act ---H.R.6963: Accelerated Approval Integrity Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 ---H.R.6996: Accelerating Approval for Patients Act ---H.R.7008: The Pre-Approval Information Exchange Act ---H.R.7032/S.4338: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.1644 Promising Pathway Act ---S.1645: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies ADAPT Act ---S.4185: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022 ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---Compassionate Use/Expanded Access ---Expedited Pathways ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability ---FDA Review of CBD-based Drugs ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Innovation Incentives ---Patient-Focused Drug Development ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities ---Priority Review Voucher Programs ---Reforms to the Accelerated Approval Pathway ---Regulatory Reform & Modernization ---Use of Real-World Evidence Drug Importation ---S.920: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---H.R.1959: Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019 ---H.R.3927/S.2082: Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act ---H.R.6988: Drug Manufacturing Innovation Act ---H.R.7006: Improving the Nations Safe Pharmaceuticals and Excipients by Creating Tools for Inspecting and overseeing Needed Supplies (INSPECTIONS) Act ---H.R.7767: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment. ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Counterfeiting ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Buy American ---Pharmacy Compounding & Oversight ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2873/S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2884/S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4418: Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---National Coverage Determination Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.4521: America COMPETES Act of 2022 ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Reauthorization of PAHPA Funding for FDA ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---FY 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.623: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 ---H.R.5585: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---Funding for 2022-2023 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Implementation of Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2023 Appropriations Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2853: Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2021 ---H.R.6973/S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---H.R.7032/S.4338: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---S.3013: Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act of 2019 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Pricing and Rebates Opioid Crisis ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---FDA Reforms ---Implementation of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018 Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.1629: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.5566 Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.4184 Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.1730: Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act ---H.R.6888/S.4071: Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---H.R.6972/S.4215: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022 ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Rare Disease Pilot Program Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.951/H.R.959/S.345/S.346: Maternal Vaccinations Act of 2021 ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2347/S.2691: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Recovery of Routine Immunizations ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.550: Immunization Information Systems ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Data Privacy ---H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act Drug Pricing ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.7667: The Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.4348: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---National Coverage Determination Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---S.3013: Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act of 2019 ---S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Pricing and Rebates Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.2416: New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021 ---S.3018: Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 ---Administration Rebate Rule ---Build Back Better Act (Discussion Draft Senate) ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2021 ---Medicare 2023 IPPS Proposed Rule Comment Letter ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---Separate Payment Mechanism for Innovative Antimicrobials Products
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for federal childcare benefits for members of the health care workforce. Advocate for increasing borrowing limits on SBA loans and ensuring health care providers are eligible. Support direct funding for health care providers treating COVID-19 patients, including funding through the Hospital Preparedness Program. Support funding and efforts to ensure health care providers have access to essential materials, such as PPE, for COVID-19 response and readiness. Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Advocate for direct Federal funding for state and local governments during the COVID-19 crisis. Discuss the distribution methodology for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with the White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Advocate for continued Federal funding for New York States DSRIP program. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts to Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), funding for hospital infrastructure (support), the Affordable Care Act (support), and liver allocation reforms (support). Discuss the need to reform the United States' liver allocation system with Congressional staff/members, HHS, HRSA, UNOS and OPTN. Educate Congressional staff and lawmakers on Medicare for All. Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), and the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441). Discuss technical assistance regarding graduate medical education legislation with committee staff. Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Support surprise billing legislation reform and work with committee and Congressional staff on a range of issues. Discussed several bills, including the No Surprises Act (P.L. 116-260). Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues Discuss provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748) related to health care provider liability and immunity with Congressional and committee staff. Attend cybersecurity briefing related to foreign threats with FBI. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House and Congressional staff. Discuss drug shortages related to the COVID-19 crisis with Congressional and Administration staff. Coordinate with ASPR, the Department of Defense, FEMA and the FDA on COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss hospital infrastructure spending with the White House and Congressional staff, including the LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) and INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684). Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss supply chain issues, including PPE and ventilators, with Congressional staff, HHS and White House. Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (support) and increased funding for state and local governments (support) with Congressional staff. Discuss insurance companies transactions and policies affecting health care providers with Congressional staff. Discuss surprise billing legislation with White House staff. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS. Discuss the regulation of laboratory developed tests and the VALID Act with Congressional and committee staff.
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Advocate for several Medicare & Medicaid provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), including a delay of Medicare sequestration cuts, a delay of the Medicare Fiscal Accountability Rule and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cut relief. Support increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and FMAP flexibility at the state level in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) and the CARES Act (H.R. 748). Advocate for changes to indirect medical education payments to account for COVID-19 response efforts. Discuss issues related to Medicare accelerated payments with White House, HHS, CMS, and Congressional staff. Advocate for continued Federal funding for New York States DSRIP program. Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with the CMS Administrator. Discuss COVID-19 response with White House staff and HHS leadership, including the HHS Secretary. Discuss GNYHA's legislative priorities with Congressional staff: a delay of cuts Medicaid DSH funding (support), site-neutral policies (oppose), 340B drug discount program (support), expanding federal graduate medical education programs (support), funding to address the opioid crisis (support), and the Affordable Care Act (support). Educate Congressional staff and lawmakers on Medicare for All. Support graduate medical education funding through the Medicare program, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256), the Opioid Workforce Act (S. 1438), and the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (H.R. 3441). graduate medical education legislation Discuss the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 909) with Congressional staff and committee staff. Discuss New York State's Partnership for Patients initiative with CMS contract officers. Discuss GME rural training tracks and possible reforms with Congressional staff. Discuss the ET3 model with staff from CMMI. Discuss the Medicare GME program, including issues related to oversight and transparency, with congressional staff. Spoke with CMS to review Medicare DGME policy (42 CFR 413.75) on residency counting issues. Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch. Discuss Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3) with Congressional staff. Discuss issues related to telehealth and HIT with staff from CMS, the White House, and Congressional staff. Discuss disbursements from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund with HHS, the White House, and Congressional staff and lawmakers. Discuss Medicare Advance Payment forgiveness with HHS and Congressional staff, advocated for H.R. 1349 (support). Discuss a range of other COVID-19 priorities with Congressional staff including ensuring Medicare advantage plans comply with increased COVID-19 Medicare payments (support), an add-on payment for COVID-19 care (support), and crisis pay for health care workers (support). Support a delay of Medicaid DSH reimbursement cuts in COVID-19 response package and a delay or repeal of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Discuss increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (support) and increased funding for state and local governments (support) with Congressional staff. Discuss Medicare Rule on Physician Time Studies (42 CFR 415.60) with CMS. Discuss disclosure of patient information to the media with HHS. Discuss Medicare Rules regarding new teaching hospitals with CMS. Discuss alternate care site billing with CMS.
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---Program Implementation & Oversight Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Executive Order on Modernizing Influenza Vaccines ---Implementation of 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---Tropical Disease Priority Review (PRV) Program Biosimilars ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R. 7035: Biologics Market Transparency Act ---H.R.2815: BIO SIM Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---BSUFA III Discussion Draft ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Implementation and Reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2017 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R.834: Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Defense Production Act (DPA) ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Healthcare Disparities ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Senate HELP Pandemic Preparedness White Paper ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS IP Waiver Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight ---VALID Act (Draft Discussion) Diversity & Inclusion ---H.R. 5030: Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act ---H.R. 6584: Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act ---H.R.729: Strength in Diversity Act of 2021 ---H.R.3085: Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act of 2021 ---Clinical Trial Diversity Drug Evaluation and Review ---H.R. 4472: Better Empowerment Now To Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act ( BENEFIT Act) ---H.R. 4511: FDA Advancing Collection of Transformative Science (FACTS) Act ---H.R. 6963: Accelerated Approval Integrity Act ---H.R. 6996: Accelerating Approval for Patients Act ---H.R. 7008: The Pre-Approval Information Exchange Act ---S.1644 Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---Compassionate Use/Expanded Access ---Expedited Pathways ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Innovation Incentives ---Patient-Focused Drug Development ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities ---Priority Review Voucher Programs ---Regulatory Reform & Modernization ---Use of Real-World Evidence ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---S.920: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---H.R.7767: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment. ---H.R. 3927: Manufacturing API, Drugs, & Excipients in America (MADE in America) Act ---H.R. 7006: Improving the Nations Safe Pharmaceuticals and Excipients by Creating Tools for Inspecting and overseeing Needed Supplies Act (INSPECTIONS Act) ---Executive Order on Buy American ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.153: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2021 ---H.R.2873/S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2884/S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.1388: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2021 ---S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 ---H.R.6833/S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Senate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Provisions Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 Funding for FDA ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VI ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.5585: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Funding for 2022-2023 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act Generic Drug Entry ---H.R. 7032: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---H.R.2883: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications Act ---H.R.2853: Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2021 Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.6833/S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act ---Oregon 1115 Medicaid Waiver ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---FDA Reforms Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.1629: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R. 5566 Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R. 6888: Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---H.R. 1730: Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act ---Orphan Drug Act Reforms ---Tax Credit Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.951/H.R.959/S.345/S.346: Maternal Vaccinations Act of 2021 ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.2347/S.2691: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 ---H.R.3655: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021 ---H.R.3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations ---Adult Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.3656: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021 ---S.3087: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2021
2022 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
21st Century Cures Act 2.0 ---H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act 340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---Program Implementation & Oversight Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Immunization Information Systems Drug Pricing ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.4811: Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.6833/S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions Medicaid ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R.5125: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---H.R.6833/S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act ---Oregon 1115 Medicaid Waiver ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Drug Benefit Design ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ---H.R.19/S.2164: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 ---H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ---H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.2071: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5237/H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2023 Appropriations ---H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 ---H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act ---H.R.1978/S.912: Protecting Seniors through Immunizations Act ---H.R.2170/S.581: Helping Adults Protect Immunity (HAPI) Act of 2021 ---H.R3932/S.2076: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) ---H.R.4127: DISARM Act ---H.R.5376: Build Back Better Act of 2021 ---S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act ---Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues and policies impacting innovation in drug development S. 908 (Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act), all provisions S. 909 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021), all provisions S. 1427 (Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021), regarding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center shared savings demonstration projects H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act), all provisions S. 1898 (Affordable Medications Act), all provisions H.R. 5376 (Build Back Better Act), Title XIII, Subtitle J, regarding drug pricing H.R. 6000 (Cures 2.0 Act), all provisions S. 3799 (PREVENT Pandemics Act), Title V, regarding drug manufacturing
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues pertaining to drug pricing and reimbursement, transparency and patient access. HR 2163/S. 464 "Safe Step Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Healthy Futures Task Force, Request for Information. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 97-414 "Orphan Drug Act," all provisions. Issues pertaining to improved oversight regulatory requirements for 340B hospital reporting, excluding Federal Grantees. S 909 "Prescription Drug Price Relief Act," all provisions. HR 5376 "To Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of S. Con. Res. 14," all provisions relating to drug pricing and tax. HR 5260 "Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act," all provisions. HR 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions. Issues relating to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA VII), Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA III), and Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA III) and the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA V). HR 6963 "Accelerated Approval Integrity Act," all provisions.
Client expense: $1,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to Rx-to-OTC switch issues, influenza, 340B Program, drug pricing, importation of biopharmaceuticals, international pharmaceutical supply chain, TRICARE Pharmacy Program, education around COVID-19 therapies, and PDUFA Reauthorization. S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
340B drug discount program; drug pricing; importation of biopharmaceuticals; transparency; direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising; international pharmaceutical supply chain; education around COVID-19 therapies; antimicrobial resistance legislation; PDUFA Reauthorization; S.909, The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act; S.908, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act; S.920, The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S.3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act. DoD TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program, FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act. Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (P.L.116-22) and SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L.115-271).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
| Democratic |
| MA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
Client expense: $1,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Client expense: $1,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $1,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $1,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $1,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $3,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $2,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $2,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $2,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $2,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $3,740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE
Client expense: $3,220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $3,120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE
Client expense: $3,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE