Carter Hopes To Unify GOP On Medicare, Dems’ Seize Issue In Campaign

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), who wants to lead the Budget Committee if the GOP takes House control, hopes to unify his party under one set of Medicare reform proposals, his office told Inside Health Policy, while Democrats campaign on a message that Republicans would cut back Medicare even though some GOP leaders have distanced themselves from Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) controversial call to re-up most legislation every five years and the Republican Study Committee’s blueprint to raise the program’s minimum age among other big reforms.

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Inside CMS - 11/10/2022
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Vol. 25, No. 45
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Pfizer, BioNTech Launch Phase 1 Study Of Combo COVID And Flu Vax

Pfizer and BioNTech are the latest companies to begin studying a combination COVID-19-flu vaccine, BioNTech announced Thursday (Nov. 3) as public health officials warn of a potential “tripledemic” -- a combination of severe flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and continued COVID-19 cases -- this fall.

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FDA Week - 11/11/2022
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Vol. 28, No. 45
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Remanufacturing Guide Tops FDA’s 2023 Device Guidance Agenda

FDA’s remanufacturing draft guidance is at the top of the device center’s guidance agenda for fiscal 2023, indicating the agency could publish the highly-anticipated final version of the document this fiscal year.

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FDA Week - 11/11/2022
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Vol. 28, No. 45
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Becerra: Congress Needs To Permanently Extend Some Telehealth Waivers

SAN FERNANDO -- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said at roundtable on Latino mental health Tuesday (Nov. 1) that Congress needs to permanently extend some of the pandemic telehealth waivers as the administration “is strapped because of the statute.”

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Lobbyists: CMS’ Telehealth Mishmash Shows Need For Permanent Reform

Telehealth stakeholders say permanent telehealth legislation is needed to remedy patients’ and providers’ confusion over the patchwork of telehealth services created by CMS’ 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule out this week.

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Stakeholders: CMS’ Refusal To Extend Audio-Only Care Will Hike Health Disparities

Telehealth stakeholders say CMS’ decision not to extend audio-only telehealth codes on a temporary basis until the end of 2023 in the final physician fee schedule released Tuesday (Nov. 1) will exacerbate health disparities for patients of lower socio-economic classes that lack broadband access and have poor digital literacy.

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