Feb. 12: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee scheduled a hearing that will delve into the opioid crisis. The committee will hear from experts on treating pain, including Cindy Steinberg, national director of policy and advocacy at the U.S. Pain Foundation, and Dr. Halena Gazelka, assistant professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine and chair of the Mayo Clinic’s Opioid Stewardship Program.
Feb. 12: Another week, another hearing on drug prices. This time it is the House Ways and Means Committee, in a hearing called “The Cost of Rising Prescription Drug Prices.”
Feb. 12: Drug prices, approval of generics and other key issues are sure to crop up when a House Appropriations subcommittee grills FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb about his agency’s operations. This is a routine status reporting hearing that committees hold regularly.
Feb. 13: A House Appropriations panel will look at the “challenges” of long-term care for veterans.
Source: ModernHealthCare.com