Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after he helped lead a bipartisan push to ensure the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) remained within the Department of Defense (DOD). As part of negotiations over the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), provisions were struck from the bill that were originally included in the legislation and would have halted the research.

Signing coincides with American Diabetes Month

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for answers about hospital accrediting organizations’ access to patient mistreatment complaint databases.

WASHINGTON – In a letter to Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eric D. Hargan, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), asked HHS to prioritize funding for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Program Integrity (CPI), a program that enhances transparency in transactions between medical providers and pharmaceutical companies.