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Drug prices finally have lawmakers' attention. After years in which the debate over Obamacare has dominated all health policymaking discussion on Capitol Hill, U.S. lawmakers are increasingly turning their attention to the prices that everyday Americans pay for their prescription drugs.
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Kaiser Health News
A 25-year-old federal drug discount program has grown so big and controversial that it faces a fight for survival as federal officials and lawmakers furiously debate the program's reach. The program, known as 340B, requires pharmaceutical companies to give steep discounts to hospitals and clinics that serve high volumes of low-income patients.
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The Hill
The National Governors Association is urging Congress to fund critical health-care programs — including the Children’s Health Insurance Program and community health centers — before the year ends. Lawmakers failed to reauthorize money for CHIP, health centers and other health programs by Sept. 30. The funding lapse has frustrated officials and advocates, who say the uncertainty is causing angst for those charged with running these programs.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin stands to lose up to $115 million a year if Congress doesn't renew a program that helps to cover nearly 118,000 children here. The Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, expired on Sept. 30 because of Congress not acting to reauthorize it, and the money in the program is beginning to run out.
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The Dallas Morning News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's administration is trying to avoid mailing health insurance cancellation notices to nearly half a million children three days before Christmas. Unless it can get $90 million more in federal funding, though, Texas will end its Children's Health Insurance Program on Jan. 31. It would send notices about the program's termination to affected families on Dec. 22. More than 400,000 children of the working poor currently are covered under CHIP, as the state-federal program is known.
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The Hill
New legislation from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) would lift the federal cap on Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in an attempt to put the territories on equal footing with the rest of the country. The provision is part of a $146 billion recovery plan for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that Sanders unveiled Tuesday and could help the territories overcome a major Medicaid funding crisis.
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PBS
The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled new tools to combat the nation's opioid crisis Wednesday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Acting DEA Administrator Robert Patterson announced more than $12 million in grants to help local law enforcement stem the manufacturing and flow of methamphetamine, heroin and prescription opioids in communities, according to the Department of Justice.
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The Hill
Two Republican lawmakers are proposing to restrict the prescriptions of opioids for first-time users, calling it a necessary step to combat abuse. A new bill introduced Wednesday by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina) and Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) would limit a patient's first opioid prescription for acute pain to seven days, except in cases of traumatic injury, chronic conditions, cancer care, end-of-life care, palliative care or based on a physician's recommendation.
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Business Wire
Mom's Meals NourishCare, the leading provider of home-delivered meals for the sick and aged, accepted the Isadore King Spirit of Service Award from Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), the national trade organization representing Medicaid managed care organizations, at its annual industry conference. MHPA grants the Isadore King Spirit of Service Award — named after past MHPA board member and former CEO of The Wellness Plan Isadore J. King — to the partner company that has been exceptional in helping further the mission of MHPA and its member plans: Serving the nation’s poorest, most vulnerable populations.
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The Hill
Here's a collection of lobbying news, including Shannon Attanasio's new gig at MHPA.
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MHPA
Health care education company to offer exclusive online training to MHPA members
Medicaid Health Plans of America has announced a new strategic alliance with Relias, trusted partner in online analytics, assessments and learning for the health care market. This partnership will help deliver meaningful, uniform, accredited training to health plan network providers to improve their productivity and performance. We chose Relias as its preferred partner because the company’s wide range of easily accessible, quality, online education solutions around compliance and care management are well-suited to meet the needs of MHPA members' networks of providers. As a result of this partnership, they will receive exclusive discounts on Relias products, including the industry-leading online Relias Learning Management System (RLMS).
"MHPA is excited to offer Relias's best-in-class educational programming to our members," said Jeff Myers, president and CEO of MHPA. "Together, MHPA and Relias will support health plan network providers' needs in challenging areas facing our industry, such as the opioid epidemic. This important relationship strengthens the commitment of both of our organizations to bringing quality health care to the people who need it the most — our nation’s underserved."
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