On March 10, 2015, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on “Continuing America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation for Patients,” featuring testimony from NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD.
On March 17, the HELP Committee has scheduled a hearing on “America’s Health IT Transformation: Translating the Promise of Electronic Health Records into Better Care.” The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on the “Affordable Care Act at Five Years” on March 19.
The Energy and Commerce has not yet rescheduled a previously-announced hearing on the 340B drug pricing program that was cancelled due to weather.