Tag: Policy + Advocacy Updates

In January, CMS finalized a new rule called Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technologies (MCIT). The rule provides immediate national Medicare coverage for FDA-designated breakthrough devices and diag...

Last week the White House unveiled a $1.5 trillion discretionary spending request for the coming fiscal year. The request, which is only part of the President’s full budget proposal, is a sharp depart...

The Colorado state legislature is considering a bill that will create a drug review board with the power to set payment and reimbursement rates for medicines in Colorado. CBSA shares the goal of impro...

CBSA convened a virtual roundtable this week with Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s second Congressional district. It was a great opportunity for leaders in our ecosystem to highlight...

Last week, the Council of State Bioscience Associations released a new study that shows the impact of foreign reference pricing on patient access to lifesaving medicines and investment in new treatmen...

Colorado and local governments are expected to receive billions of dollars from the 2021 American Rescue Plan. In an effort to better understand the needs and current economic challenges facing the st...

This week CBSA testified in opposition to Senate Bill 175 in the Senate Health & Human Services Committee. The bill would create a prescription drug review board in Colorado that’s charged with re...

CBSA took new positions on several bills in the 2021 legislative session. Here is a recap of what happened this week. New Funding for Advanced Industries Grant Program: On Tuesday, the legislature pas...

On Tuesday, the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 42, which includes a one-time, $10 million infusion for the Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program. Governor Polis is expected to si...

The CBSA Policy + Advocacy team works to engage state and federal policymakers on issues that are critical to our members and Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem. Last month, CBSA conducted a survey to...