Tag: Rep. Tim Walberg

House Bill Aims to Crack down on Medicaid Fraud outside Institutional Settings

New bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3891, from Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) would bolster the authority of the state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) and enable them to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud, including in the home health care field. Current law permits MFCUs to investigate and prosecute fraud in traditional health…

Senate HELP Committee Floats Draft Opioid Package

Proposal would require DEA regulations and GAO study on hospice disposal Issues related to the opioid abuse crisis are increasingly taking center stage in federal policy discussions.  Most recently the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)Committee released a bipartisan legislative “discussion draft” titled “The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018” that committee leadership hope…

Update on Efforts to Curb Opioid Abuse and Impact on Hospice, Palliative Care

The increasing recognition that abuse of opioids and other controlled substances is growing at epic proportions has prompted policymakers at the state and – more recently — federal levels to explore a wide variety of options for addressing this crisis.  The Trump Administration and multiple Congressional committees have ongoing initiatives in this important subject area. …

Fight Opioid Epidemic with Legislation NAHC Helped to Write, Congressional Panel is Told

Legislation and testimony crafted with the critical assistance of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) took center stage during a Wednesday afternoon hearing on combating the opioid crisis in the House Subcommittee on Health, a part of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The hearing, entitled “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities…

NAHC Supports Bill to Permit Disposal of Unused Hospice Meds in the Home

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has written a letter to Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) to support his introduction of H.R. 5041, the Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act, bipartisan legislation to permit safe disposal of unused hospice medication in the home by qualified personnel. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) and Richard Hudson…