Hearing

W&M Digs Deeper Into Medicare Fraud

September 28, 2016

Today the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), held a hearing focusing on the rampant fraud in the Medicare program and how the federal government identifies, investigates, and prosecutes fraud within the health care system more broadly. Because Medicare is large and ...

W&M Holds Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Accountable for Enforcing Trade Laws, Facilitating Legitimate Trade

September 27, 2016

Today, the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), held a hearing on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) enforcement of U.S. trade laws and trade agreements. Members specifically focused on the agency’s implementation of the Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act—or “the Customs bill”—which was signed into law earlier this ...

HEARING: Bipartisan Members Commit to Working Together to Strengthen Medicare for America’s Seniors

May 11, 2016

Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee members hosted Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to discuss the Administration’s plan for implementing the bipartisan Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Signed into law last year, MACRA reformed how doctors are reimbursed for treating Medicare patients ...

HEARING: Buchanan Announces Human Resources Subcommittee Hearing on “The Heroin Epidemic and Parental Substance Abuse: Using Evidence and Data to Protect Kids from Harm”

May 11, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “The Heroin Epidemic and Parental Substance Abuse: Using Evidence and Data to Protect Kids from Harm” on Wednesday, May 18, at 2:00 PM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. At the hearing, ...