In preparation for legislative activity early next year, various lawmakers have issued open requests for feedback on several health policy initiatives. For instance:
- The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee chairman and ranking member have released a bipartisan bill including a variety of Medicare fraud/abuse provisions, covering such issues as recovery audit contractors, prevention of Medicare Part D prescription drug abuse, elimination of civil monetary penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary, and others.
- The House Energy and Commerce Committee is seeking feedback on the regulation of in vitro diagnostic test kits and laboratory developed tests (LTDs); comments are due by January 5, 2015.
- The Energy and Commerce Committee also is requesting comments on graduate medical education (GME) financing, federal program governance and structure, and how it might be improved or restructured. Feedback is due by January 16.
This article is presented for informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal advice.
