Discussions pertinent to health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) role in helping to prevent drug shortages


Monitored HR 277 American Health Care Reform Act of 2017

Monitored S 297 Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act 
Monitored HR 749 Lower Drug Costs through Competition Act

Monitored HR 208 Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act 

Monitored S 1115 Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act
Monitored HR 2562 Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act

Monitored S 191 Patient Freedom Act of 2017

Monitored S 761 Health Care Options Act of 2017
Monitored HR 1933 Health Care Options Act of 2017

Monitored HR 1628 American Health Care Act of 2017

Monitored Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act 2018 (proposed Alexander-Murray legislation)

Monitored S 2312 Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment (HELP) Act

Monitored politically appointed Senate-confirmed positions

Monitored S 3158 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019

Monitored HR 4191 HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act

Monitored HR 4710 340B PAUSE Act
Monitored S 2453 Ensuring the Value of the 340B Program Act of 2018

Monitored H.R.4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes

Monitored HR 6 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Discussions involving nominations to federally authorized commissions

HR 676 Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act (all sections of full text)  

HR 1156 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)
S 1133 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)

Monitored Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act (proposed legislation)

Monitored HR 1130 Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
Monitored S 397 Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

Monitored S 41 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
Monitored HR 242 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
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