Congressional committees have held hearings recently on various health policy issues, including:

  • Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on CMS implementation of the Medicare physician fee schedule reform provisions included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), financing and delivery of long-term care, and the public health response to the Zika virus.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has assessed the effectiveness of CMS controls intended to protect the security and privacy of the information and information technology (IT) systems used to support Healthcare.gov. The GAO determined that while CMS has taken steps to protect Healthcare.gov security and privacy, “weaknesses remain both in the processes used for managing

On September 9, 2014, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is holding a hearing entitled “21st Century Cures: Examining the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests.” The hearing will focus on the FDA’s recent guidance on the regulation of lab developed tests and its “impact on innovation and the practice of precision medicine.” The

The OIG has issued two reports on implementation of the ACA health insurance “Marketplaces.” The first report, “Marketplaces Faced Early Challenges Resolving Inconsistencies with Applicant Data,” looked at the extent to which the federal and state health insurance marketplaces ensured the accuracy of information submitted by insurance applicants, including information related to eligibility

Recent Congressional hearings have addressed a number of health policy issues, including the following:

  • House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing entitled “Healthcare.gov: Consequences of Stolen Identity”;
  • A House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee hearing on implementation of the ACA, including a discussion of insurance exchange issues;
  • Two House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings

Recent Congressional hearings on health policy issues have included the following, among others:

  • A House Small Business Committee hearing focused on the ACA’s Small Business Health Options Program.
  • A House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing reviewed “the Challenges of the Affordable Care Act,” focusing on “immediate and long-term challenges Americans face in finding affordable,

Congress continues to examine issues associated with enrollment in qualified health plans under Healthcare.gov.  For instance:

On October 1, 2013, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) long-awaited Health Insurance Marketplace was launched at www.healthcare.gov. As has been widely reported, many consumers experienced technical problems using the federal site to enroll in qualified health plans, which the Administration has largely chalked up to greater-than-expected demand and site capacity issues that are being