On March 15, 2018 the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the 340B program. In his opening statement, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) highlighted the expansion of the 340B program over the past five
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U.S. House of Representatives passes the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017

By Elise LeGros (US) on
On November 8, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 2123, the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (“VETS”) Act of 2017. Under current regulations, VA health care providers in good standing may practice in another state if…
U.S. House of Representatives approves legislation affecting off-campus hospital outpatient department Medicare payments
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On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA 2015). BBA 2015, Section 603 generally provides that beginning January 1, 2017, off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) will no longer be paid under the…