Wyden Issues RFI on Nation’s Long-Term Care System – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a request for information last week on a range of policy proposals aimed at improving long-term care for Americans, including the creation of an affordable home care guarantee. The three general areas for feedback include: making home …
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GAO Decision on Withholding of AHRQ Funds – The Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congress, released a report on Wednesday asserting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) fiscal year (FY) 2025 withholding of funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was illegal. HHS …
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HELP, Finance Advance HHS Nominees – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee favorably reported the following nominations en bloc to the full Senate by a party line vote of 12-11 last week: Nicole Saphier, MD to be Surgeon General/Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; Timothy Westlake, MD to be Assistant Secretary …