WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing entitled “The Opioid Crisis: The Current Landscape and CMS Actions to Prevent Opioid Misuse.” CLICK HERE to watch the hearing. Remarks as ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Ways and Means Committee approved the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act (H.R. 849) with bipartisan support. The legislation, sponsored by two physicians in Congress – Reps. Phil Roe (R-TN) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA) – repeals Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and would prevent this unelected, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of legislation to improve Seniors' Access to Medicare.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) issuing a Request for Information (RFI) from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI): "For years, members of ...
Today, the Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved three pieces of bipartisan legislation focused on making Medicare work better for patients: Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017 (H.R. 3726), introduced by Reps. Kenny Marchant (R-TX) and Ron Kind (D-WI), builds ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Board of Trustees for Social Security and Medicare continues to refuse to deliver their annual reports on the financial status ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 4, 2016 - TO: The Honorable Andy Slavitt FROM: Kevin Brady, Chairman Fred Upton, Chairman Sander Levin, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr, Ranking Member Patrick J. Tiberi, Chairman Joseph R. Pitts, Chairman Jim McDermott, Ranking Member Gene Green, Ranking Member Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt, We are writing regarding the Centers for ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in reaction to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on federal spending and the 2026 exhaustion date of Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. “Our entitlement programs are unsustainable. In 2015, for the first time, federal health care ...
Washington, DC — Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter this morning to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Andrew Slavitt. In the letter, the members expressed concerns related to Complex Rehabilitation Technology (CRT), specifically to do with payment for certain accessories as related to ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Republican oversight leaders in the Senate and House sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking for information on the agency’s plans to update its Fraud Prevention System (FPS), a program that uses predictive analytics and other ...