This Week in Healthcare — Washington (#35, 2026)
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee to examine Medicare payment and cybersecurity proposals; Senate Aging Committee to review menopause care gap; Judiciary Subcommittee to assess healthcare market competition.
September 06, 2026 to September 12, 2026
This is Queen Street Analytics' weekly digest of regulatory developments, legislative discussions and other government-related news concerning healthcare providers, doctors, physicians, clinicians, pharmacies and pharmacists, dental care providers, oral care providers, naturopaths, and old-age care providers. Once a week, we break down the most important updates in this space in under five minutes.
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📋 In This Week's Newsletter
• 🏛️ This Week's Congressional Calendar
• 📚 What We're Reading This Week
This Week's Congressional Calendar
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to examine Medicare payment and health care cybersecurity proposals: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will convene a hearing on September 15 to review legislative proposals addressing Medicare provider payment reforms and health care cybersecurity at the Longworth House Office Building, Room 1334.
- House Judiciary Subcommittee to assess healthcare market competition and fraud: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing titled 'Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition' on September 14 at the Charlotte Marriott City Center, North Carolina.
- Senate Aging Committee to review menopause care gap in America: The Special Committee on Aging in the Senate is scheduled for an open hearing on September 16 to evaluate the menopause care gap, taking place in the Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216.
What We're Reading This Week
- A federal health program for 9/11 responders is still short-staffed: Ongoing staffing shortages affect support for 9/11 first responder health services.
- WHO says staff shortage, funding challenges hamper Congo Ebola response: Limited staff and funding have slowed the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Weeks after a tick bite, he couldn’t speak or move. A slew of tests finally gave him a diagnosis: A rare Powassan virus infection shows diagnostic complexities following a tick bite.
- She lost her sight. Her billionaire father bet on a daring new treatment.: An experimental therapy is pursued for vision loss following family-led investment.
- Opinion | Fall vaccines are now available. Here are your questions, answered.: Information on the availability of fall flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines.
- Opinion | What Pennsylvania’s measles response laid bare: Pennsylvania’s recent measles response raises operational questions for health authorities.
- Kennedy Promised Children’s Health Reforms. Here’s How He Did.: A review of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s record on children's health policy reform.
- Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital: A fundraising event in Romania aims to support pediatric psychiatric care.
- Dementia stole my grandmother from us. I am fighting to give families more time: Personal account discusses the impact of dementia on families and ongoing advocacy efforts.
- AbbVie's menstrual migraine treatment meets late-stage study goal: AbbVie's investigational therapy for menstrual migraines meets endpoints in a Phase III trial.
