Drug Prices
AHA Statement before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding “Effective Administration of the 340B Drug Pricing Program.”
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held a hearing examining the administration’s blueprint to lower prescription drug prices.
The American Hospital Association and others support Senators Grassley and Feinstein of the Senate Judiciary Committee for their leadership and commitment to reducing out-of-control prescription drug prices and stopping anti-competitive abuses that keep drug prices high.
Read the full letter below…
Total reimbursement for brand-name prescription drugs in Medicare Part D increased 77% between 2011 and 2015, nearly six times faster than inflation, despite a 17% decrease in the number of prescriptions.
The Department of Health and Human Services today delayed until July 1, 2019 implementation of its final rule on 340B drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for manufacturers.
AHA today urged the Health Resources and Services Administration to implement without further delay its final regulation on 340B drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for manufacturers.
Medicare D prescription drug plan should not prevent pharmacies from telling customers when they could pay less for a drug by paying cash, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told plan sponsors yesterday.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) yesterday discussed a potential compromise on the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (S. 974/H.R. 2212), as part of congressional action to address high drug prices.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated the Parts B and D drug spending dashboards with 2016 information.