Billy Wynne

Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Targets Released; MFN Rulemaking to Occur if Commitments are not Made Pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the agencies have identified specific MFN…

FDA RFI on Infant Formula Nutrient Review The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a request for information (RFI) to begin its process of reviewing nutrition requirements in infant formulas. FDA regularly reviews individual nutrient requirements but has not undertaken a comprehensive review of the minimum and maximum levels for certain nutrients since 1998. FDA now seeks public…

Committee Fails to Advance Reconciliation Bill  The House Budget Committee convened a markup of the combined legislative package of the eleven House Committees pursuant to title II of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, H. Con. Res. 14.  The bill was not advanced by a roll call vote of 16 ayes…

GAO Highlights Barriers Facing Caregiving Youth, Calls for Clearer Federal Guidance The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report highlighting a lack of clarity and support for minors who provide unpaid care to family members with health conditions, disabilities, or functional limitations. According to the report, an estimated three to five million children may…

RFK Jr. Defends HHS Reorganization and Deflects Questions on Vaccines, Reductions in Staff, and Funding Cuts in House and Senate Committee Hearings The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee held hearings to review the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with…

CMS Issues RFI on Building a More Patient-Centered Digital Health Ecosystem Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in partnership with the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), issued a request for information (RFI) (press release) seeking input to shape future policies and infrastructure to…

House Agriculture Committee Releases Reconciliation Text; Expands SNAP Work Requirements and Requires States to Fund A Portion of Benefits The House Agriculture Committee released a committee print of its budget reconciliation legislation ahead of the full committee markup beginning Tuesday evening (section-by-section; overview; one-pager on state accountability; one-pager on prioritizing work in SNAP). Subtitle A deals with nutrition programs, in…

Agencies Seek Public Input for Deregulatory Plan Aimed at Reducing Costs and Empowering Providers; Comments Due Approximately on July 12 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) as part of a major initiative to reduce regulatory burdens across the health care…

Updated Budget Reconciliation Text: Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, Premium Tax Credit Recapture Limit, and More The House Ways and Means Committee (W&M) released an amendment in the nature of a substitute (AINS) to its budget reconciliation legislation ahead of the full committee markup on Tuesday, May 13.   Health-Related Proposals. The 389-page AINS…

President Trump Signs EO on Most-Favored-Nation Pricing; HHS to Communicate MFN Price Targets by June 11 President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients” (fact sheet). Overall, the EO calls out the American subsidization of prescription drugs through research and development and higher prices compared to…