Event Summary (Page 7)
01/26/24
MedPAC January Meeting: Medicare Advantage
On January 12, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) Commissioners were presented with the annual status report on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program followed by three policy options to standardize current MA plans.
01/26/24
MedPAC January Meeting: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments
On January 11, 2024, during the morning session of MedPAC’s January public meeting, MedPAC’s Commissioners discussed the main contents and potential edits of a chapter on payment adequacy and updates for Congress.
01/25/24
BPC: Health Care Policy in the Election Year
On January 17, the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a webinar to discuss current trends and challenges in healthcare policy, polling data, and current voter sentiments to identify existing problems and explore potential solutions.
01/25/24
Avalere: 2024 Healthcare Industry Outlook
On January 17, 2024, Avalere hosted a webinar to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act’s influence on healthcare markets, the increased focus on evidence-based decision-making, and the impact of predicted healthcare trends in 2024 on the patient experience.
01/24/24
On January 12, 2024, STAT hosted a webinar to discuss key takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
01/16/24
CES & CTA: Can Policy Affect Health Innovation?
On January 9, 2024, CTA hosted a live webcast of its CES event stage and examined how legislative measures and regulations influence progress, accessibility, and outcomes in healthcare in both the United States and emerging markets.
01/11/24
ATI Advisory: Value-Based Care in 2024 – Anticipating Key Trends and Transformations
On Tuesday, January 9, ATI Advisory, a D.C.-based health care consulting firm, hosted a webinar to review anticipated trends for value-based care in 2024. ATI Advisory highlighted the five key themes they identified by analyzing both public and private sector trends.
12/19/23
ONC 2023 Annual Meeting – Day 2
On Friday, December 15, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) hosted the second day of its in-person Annual Meeting. The theme of the second day centered entirely around artificial intelligence (AI), and particularly how to mitigate racial bias in the use of AI.
12/19/23
ONC 2023 Annual Meeting – Day 1
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) hosted the first day of its in-person Annual Meeting. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was the primary focus of the Plenary Sessions, as the qualified health information networks (QHINs) that will facilitate data exchange under TEFCA had signed the Common Agreement earlier that week. Other areas of focus of the first day included ONC’s HTI-1 Final Rule and the agency’s work on AI.
12/15/23
On December 13, 2023, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hosted a hearing to discuss the regulations of AI in energy, technology, and health care. We have summarized only Micky Tripathi’s comments, and to the extent he spoke about privacy issues – Saif Khan’s testimony.