SAMHSA's Weekly Financing News Pulse - July 20, 2009

Posted on July 20, 2009 12:01

Topics: Financing News Pulse | News Pulse

Post Type: news pulse

House Democrats Release Health Care Reform Bill, Senate HELP Committee Approves Bill, and Senate Finance Committee Nears Bi-Partisan Agreement
Obama Administration Proposes Changes to Medicare Payment Oversight
President Obama Nominates Benjamin as Surgeon General
HELP Committee Approves 12-Year Exclusivity Period for Biologics
CMS Awards MAC Contract for Jurisdiction 7 to TrailBlazer
Aetna and UnitedHealth Win DoD Contract, Replace Humana and Health Net
Virgin Islands Delegate Sponsors Legislation Requiring the CBO to Consider Broader Implications of Preventative Health Care
UnitedHealth and Cisco Partner to Create Virtual Clinics
Unions Appeal Decision Limiting GM Health Care Support to UAW
Montana, Wyoming Tribes Receive Grant to Curb Alcohol Abuse
USA Today/Gallup and McClatchy-Ipsos Release Health Care Reform Polls
PWC Survey Shows Rising Health Care Costs for U.S. Companies
SCAN Foundation Report Considers Options for Long-Term Care
Commonwealth Fund Report Examines Administrative Cost Savings in Health Reform
ACAP Report Says Medicaid Eligibility Tests Lead to Higher Costs
Families USA Report Provides State-Level Estimates of Health Insurance Loss
US News & World Report Releases Hospital Rankings

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: Health Care Overhaul
July 14, 9 a.m. 325 Russell
July 15, TBA, 325 Russell
House Appropriations Committee: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 17, 9 a.m. 2350 Rayburn
House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: VA/DOD Coordination of Health Records
July 14, 10 a.m. 334 Cannon
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance: Health Care Competition
July 16, 10 a.m. 253 Russell

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