Virginia state lawmakers who are tired of waiting are taking matters into their own hands during this year’s legislative ...
The American Hospital Association's initial comment on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) request for information regarding a 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
Good intentions alone are not enough in 340B. Let’s get informed. The good news is that the growing national scrutiny of how the 340B program operates should be seen not as a threat, but as an ...
This contributor column discusses a recent study that shows the 340B Program’s explosive growth is overwhelmingly due to utilization increases, not price. Payers have struggled with the increasing ...
An obscure, supposedly free federal program is blowing a hole in state budgets – by depriving state governments of billions in corporate tax revenue and inflating costs for their public employee ...
The pilot is a significant departure from the current model, which gives hospitals upfront discounts for some drugs. The program has proved a flash point between drugmakers and providers, as ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program allows certain medical facilities to buy drugs at a discount to support care for low-income patients. Rhode Island's new law, Chapter 288, prevents drug makers from ...
The 340B drug discount program incentivizes hospitals to purchase outpatient clinics and prescribe more and higher-cost drugs — behaviors that tend to increase costs for the federal government and ...
More than three decades ago, Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net hospitals and clinics expand resources and care for underserved communities. By requiring pharmaceutical companies to ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with ...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to bring significant change to the healthcare industry, including the expansion of the Public Health Service Act Section 340B Program.