09/20/2018 - U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (Texas) and Diana DeGette (Colo.) hosted a September 12 congressional briefing, organized by the Academy, on the long-term aspects of health care cost scoring.
09/12/2018 - Congress is back in session and working on the Fiscal Year 2019 spending bills, which must pass before the current fiscal year ends on September 30 to prevent a government shutdown.
09/12/2018 - The farm bill conference committee met on September 5 for what is likely their only in-person meeting before they work to finalize a negotiated farm bill that will be voted on in both chambers of Congress and signed into law before the September 30 deadline.
08/31/2018 - The farm bill conference committee has scheduled its first meeting for September 5.
08/29/2018 - The Academy submitted legislative solutions about health care delivery models, including the use of alternative payment models, to improve care and lower costs for consumers, to the U.S. House Health Care Innovation Caucus.
08/23/2018 - U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Susan Collins (Maine) have introduced the Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2018 to improve access for Medicare beneficiaries.
08/20/2018 - The Academy submitted legislative solutions about health care delivery models, including the use of alternative payment models, to improve care and lower costs for consumers, to the U.S. House Health Care Innovation Caucus.
08/08/2018 - The Senate has appointed nine members to serve on the farm bill conference committee that will reconcile differences between the House and Senate bills.
08/02/2018 - Thirty-five stakeholders attended the roundtable and shared the importance of nutrition programs in the farm bill. The House and Senate are currently working to reconcile the differences in each of their versions of the bill.
07/31/2018 - The Academy testified on the importance of consumer education and role of RDNs in the dissemination and implementation of the Nutrition Facts Panel and menu labeling during the FDA's public meeting on the agency's Nutrition Innovation Strategy.
