OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Post-SCOTUS messaging war heats up

by Sam Baker and Elise Viebeck - 07/09/12 10:30 PM ET

Healthwatch has the story.

AC-Go: The Health and Human Services Department plowed ahead Monday with one of the healthcare law’s biggest new programs — Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). HHS announced 89 new ACOs Monday, saying the new additions will help coordinate care for roughly 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries. ACOs are designed to promote coordinated, higher-quality care, which could help lower costs. Doctors and hospitals that participate in the program get to keep a percentage of any savings they generate for the Medicare program.

{mosads}Healthwatch has more on the new ACOs.

Tick-tock: In case you missed it, SCOTUSblog had a long, comprehensive rundown this weekend of exactly what went down on the morning the Supreme Court released its healthcare decision. The 7,000-word feature recounts how CNN and Fox News Channel ended up reporting the wrong story, and also tracks the minute-by-minute details of how key Obama administration officials — including Solicitor General Donald Verrilli — heard the news. Read the whole thing.

Cancer groups rally: Leading advocacy groups are pressing for Congress to increase funding for research on cancer, which kills more than 1,000 Americans every day. Sixteen groups — including the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) — will urge lawmakers to preserve funds threatened by budget cuts for research on defeating cancer this week. Healthwatch has the details.

Obama signs PDUFA: President Obama signed the bipartisan Food and Drug Administration bill that Congress passed last month. The bill, which easily passed both the House and Senate, reauthorizes user fees the FDA collects from drug and medical device companies, and makes some changes to agency policy. Read the Healthwatch post.

Tuesday’s agenda

The House Judiciary Committee marks up a bill to restrict abortion rights in Washington, D.C.

The Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing on the tax implications of the Supreme Court’s healthcare decision.

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee has two healthcare hearings on the agenda. In the morning, the panel’s Health subcommittee will discuss the healthcare law’s implications for doctors and patients. In the afternoon, the full committee looks at the law’s effect on businesses and the economy.

Lobbying registrations

JMS Consulting / Windham Hospital

Oglivy Government Relations / Shire Regenerative Medicine

Palsinelli Shughart / Prevor

Denny Miller Associates / Tri-West Healthcare Alliance

Foley Hoag / Teladoc

Viohl & Associaties / ML Strategies

McGuireWoods Consulting / Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association

Palsinelli Shughart / Halscion

Gephardt Group Government Affairs / The O Team (on behalf of Autism Speaks)

The O Team / Autism Speaks

ML Strategies / The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers

Reading list

TIME’s Swampland blog looks at the ways Republicans could undercut the healthcare law without fully repealing it.

Washington Post blogger Sarah Kliff wonders whether Republican governors will hold firm on their opposition to the healthcare law’s Medicaid expansion.

The New York Times says some Republicans aren’t too thrilled about having another repeal vote.

State by state

Rep. Labrador urges Idaho governor not to implement exchanges

Ga. hospitals hoping for expansion of Medicaid

Louisiana loses Medicaid funding in quick-fire email negotiations

Colorado Medicaid expansion up in air

Kansas seeks end to abortion insurance case

What you might have missed on Healthwatch

Perry rejects Medicaid expansion, says he won’t set up insurance exchange

Survey: Businesses won’t wait for elections before implementing health law

Baldwin rips GOP on Medicare in new biographical ad

DCCC hits seven House Republicans on healthcare ahead of repeal vote