Grassley Receives Response on Potential Waste at CMS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a letter from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma in response to an oversight letter he sent in January regarding a November 2018 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which found that changes made by CMS to implement a 2014 […]
Grassley Welcomes Further IRS Penalty Relief for First Filing Season Since Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today issued the following statement welcoming further steps from IRS to provide penalty relief during the first tax-filing season since the historic passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. “I appreciate Commissioner Rettig’s consideration of bipartisan congressional feedback urging IRS […]
Grassley, Wyden Press HHS, CMS on Physician Payment Sunshine Act Compliance
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding physician-owned distributorships’ (PODs) potential failure to disclose physician ownership interests and related […]
Klobuchar, Lee, Durbin, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Lower Prices for Consumers
The bipartisan Short on Competition Act would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to grant expedited reviews and inspections, and temporary importation when there is, or is likely to be, a drug shortage or when there are fewer than five competitors in a drug market The Short on Competition Act could […]
Two Pinocchios: “Democrats Engage in ‘Mediscare’ Spin on the Trump Budget”
Washington Post Glenn Kessler March 15, 2019 “Democrats have claimed [President Trump] wants to cut $800 billion to $850 billion.” “…it’s a misleading figure. Trump is proposing to move two parts of Medicare — payments to hospitals that treat many patients without insurance and payments to hospitals that educate medical residents — to […]
Grassley on the President’s 2020 Budget W/ Treasury Sec. Mnuchin
Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee On the President’s FY 2020 Budget Featuring Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Thursday, March 14, 2019 VIDEO Welcome to this afternoon’s hearing. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is here to testify about the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal. The President’s budget […]
Grassley on the President’s 2020 Budget W/ HHS Sec. Azar
Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee On the President’s FY 2020 Budget Featuring HHS Secretary Alex Azar Thursday, March 14, 2019 VIDEO Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome our witness, the Secretary of the Department of Health and […]
Grassley, Wyden Invite 5 Pharmacy Benefit Managers to Drug Pricing Hearing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today invited executives from five pharmacy benefit manager (PBMs) companies to testify before a committee hearing on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, on drug pricing in the United States, the third in a series of hearings examining prescription […]
ICYMI: Iowan Praises Grassley Work to Lower Rx Prices in Op-ed
Transparency, Competition Key to Lower Drug Prices NewsMax By Mark Hahn March 12, 2019 Since announcing his decision to return to the helm of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley has been working tirelessly to fulfill a policy priority to improve “the affordability, quality and accessibility of health care.” Nowhere has this […]
ICYMI: Iowan Praises Grassley Work to Lower Rx Prices in Op-ed
Transparency, Competition Key to Lower Drug Prices NewsMax By Mark Hahn March 12, 2019 Since announcing his decision to return to the helm of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley has been working tirelessly to fulfill a policy priority to improve “the affordability, quality and accessibility of health care.” Nowhere has this […]