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Washington Highlights

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Washington Highlights
AAMC Urges House Leadership to Remove Harmful Provisions from Floor Consideration
  • Sept. 15, 2023

Washington Highlights is a weekly newsletter that provides updates on the latest legislative and regulatory activities affecting medical schools, teaching hospitals, and their patients and communities.

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AAMC Comments on CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

The AAMC submitted comments to the CMS on Sept. 11 in response to the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program proposals.

  • Sept. 15, 2023
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AAMC, Provider Organizations Urge Attention to Military Health Workforce in NDAA

The AAMC and 6 health professions groups urged Congressional negotiators to include provisions on staffing at Military Treatment Facilities in the FY 2024 NDAA.

  • Sept. 15, 2023
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Senators Announce Health Care Workforce Legislation

HELP Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Roger Marshall, MD, (R-Kan.) released legislation on Sept. 14 to up investments in the healthcare workforce

  • Sept. 15, 2023
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Testimony & Correspondence
AAMC Submits Comments to HHS on Draft Scientific Integrity Policy

The AAMC submitted comments Sept. 1 to the Department of Health and Human Services on the agency’s draft scientific integrity policy.

  • Sept. 15, 2023
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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Examines Drug Shortages

On Sept. 14, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on policies to address drug shortages.

  • Sept. 15, 2023
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HHS Proposes Updated Nondiscrimination Protections

On Sept. 14, the HHS Office for Civil Rights published a new rule to update federal regulations prohibiting nondiscrimination on the basis of disability.

  • Sept. 15, 2023

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AAMC Comments to NIH on Novel Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research

The AAMC submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Aug. 16 on the use of novel alternative methods (NAM) in biomedical research.

  • Sept. 8, 2023
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Medicare GME Overlap Audits

Earlier this year, the CMS announced FTE overlap audits for a five-year period beginning in FY 2023.

  • Sept. 8, 2023
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MedPAC Discusses Financial Impacts, Medicare Advantage, Acute Care Hospital at Home

MedPAC met Sept. 7 and 8 to discuss financial impacts on Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and the Acute Care Hospital at Home.

  • Sept. 8, 2023
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