Senate HELP Considers Introducing EHR, FDA Changes Separately, Lobbyists Say

By Michelle M. Stein / August 28, 2015 at 1:06 PM
Lobbyists say the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is considering introducing changes to FDA policy and electronic health records improvements in separate bills, rather than including both in one draft of the committee's Innovation for Healthier Americans legislation. The committee also is likely to focus more on FDA policy than on funding for FDA and the National Institutes of Health, one lobbyist said. One lobbyist said members are split into working groups on drugs, devices, diagnostics, electronic health...


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