Victoria Knight

The House Education and Workforce Committee is adding to the bipartisan scrutiny of hospitals tomorrow with a markup of legislation that aims to crack down on anti-competitive practices and allow for more flexible contracts.

The Senate Finance Committee is planning a Sept. 18 hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act's drug pricing measures and the need to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, sources tell Peter.

The China biotech crackdown cleared a major milestone last night when it passed the House — but it no longer has quite the bipartisan gloss that it had at the committee level, Peter reports.

1. Andrew Cuomo: The House Select Subcommittee on the COVID Pandemic holds a hearing today at 2pm ET with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the state's COVID admissions policies in nursing homes.

The House will vote on noncontroversial health bills under suspension when lawmakers return.

An amendment to the PREVAIL Act aims to address criticism that it would largely benefit big pharmaceutical interests.

Senators are set to relaunch the debate over revamping the drug patent system with a pair of bills due to be marked up in the Judiciary Committee.

Senators are set to relaunch the debate over revamping the drug patent system tomorrow, when the Judiciary Committee marks up a pair of bills that could raise the bar for who can challenge patents and what inventions are eligible for protection, Victoria reports.

The delay means adjustments to Medicare physician payment system are likely on hold until a lame duck session.

The Senate HELP Committee today unanimously voted to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt over his refusal to comply with a subpoena to testify at a hearing on the health system's financial collapse and resulting harm to patients.