340B Drug Pricing Program
The Wall Street Journal today published an article examining several aspects of the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Among other issues, the articles discusses 340B child sites, rural referral centers and charity care.
Pending are Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Preemption (Doc. No. 24), Defendant Leslie Rutledge’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 32), and Intervenors’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment on Preemption (Doc. No. 35). The parties have responded and replied.1 For the reasons set…
Digital ad campaign from AHA, others spotlights the importance and value of the 340B program The AHA, along with six other national hospital groups, is running a new digital ad campaign promoting to policymakers and influencers the benefits of the 340B program to patients and communities
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nov. 29 issued a new proposed rule revising the 2020 final rule that established the 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process. HHS notes that the proposed rule better aligns…
HHS issued a new proposed rule revising the 2020 final rule that established the 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution process.
The AHA today released a new report showing how the unlawful actions of drug companies to limit 340B pricing with community and specialty pharmacies are having an adverse impact on access to care for patients and communities across the country.
The AHA today released a new report showing how the unlawful actions of drug companies to limit 340B pricing with community and specialty pharmacies are having an adverse impact on access to care for patients and communities across the country. The report is based on a survey of more than 300…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report showing how the unlawful actions of drug companies to limit 340B pricing with community and specialty pharmacies are having an adverse impact on access to care for patients and communities across the country.
Background
In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program to allow providers that treat high numbers of uninsured and low-income patients the ability to purchase certain outpatient drugs at discounted prices and use those savings to “stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible…
AHA today urged the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to order the Department of Health and Human Services to promptly repay 340B hospitals for unlawful payment cuts in previous years, given the agency’s continued delay in implementing or even proposing a remedy on its own.