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Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., this week highlighted bipartisan legislation to strengthen Medicare’s home infusion benefit and expand access to care for rural patients during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today highlighted bipartisan legislation to strengthen Medicare’s home infusion benefit and expand access to care for rural patients during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) joined Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz, and other senior HHS officials for a press conference announcing new federal actions to protect children from chemical and surgical sex-rejecting medical procedures and to ensure taxpayer dollars are no longer used to fund them.
A bipartisan bill recently reintroduced in congress could reshape pharmacy reimbursements across the nation.
The legislation is filed around PBMs or Pharmacy Benefit Managers - these are the middlemen within the prescription drug supply chain. PBMs essentially negotiate pricing with drug manufacturers and secure reimbursements for pharmacies.
Lawmakers and healthcare leaders say, for years, these PBMs have been driving up drug costs and gouging community pharmacists.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today applauded passage of the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, a major Republican-led effort to lower premiums, expand choice, and address the structural failures that have caused the health care marketplace to deteriorate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) introduced the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Functionality and Integrity Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure Americans can safely modify their vehicles without compromising critical safety systems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), along with her colleagues, Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX) and Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) introduced the Data Rights for Information and Vehicle Electronics in Real-time (DRIVER) Act, legislation that reaffirms a basic principle: if you own the vehicle, you should own the data it generates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R, TN-01), Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04), and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R, KY-01) introduced the Pharmacists Fight Back Act to tackle the manipulative practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) – the middlemen of drug pricing. PBMs are directly responsible for driving up drug costs by thousands of dollars, gouging community pharmacists, and limiting patient choice in federal health care plans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) introduced the Delivering Support for Hospitals in Tennessee Act or the “DSH in Tennessee Act” (H.R. 6393), a House companion bill to legislation U.S.
