The Senate subcommittee did include a proposal to give the Office of Personnel Management an additional $43 million in 2020 over the previous year’s levels — the same recommendation that cleared the House back in June.The Senate subcommittee was silent on a federal employee pay raise for 2020 which signal support for the President's 2.6% proposal. The House of Representatives supported a 3.1% increase in June.
Here's a link to the Senate subcommittee's press release. The full committee will take up this bill on Thursday.
Finger-pointing --
- Healthcare Dive discusses dueling reports -- an American Medical Association report blaming health care costs on insurer consolidation and a Health Care Cost Institute report placing the blame on hospital consolidation.
- Health Payer Intelligence discusses dueling statements to Congress from provider and insurer groups over prior authorization practices.
Finally here's a Politico article suggesting that the Trump Administration is taking an "if you build it they will come" approach to their effort to digitize medical records for patient access.
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