340B Drug Pricing Program

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.
AHA urges 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.
The AHA has issued a Special Bulletin with details on provisions of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ outpatient prospective payment system final rule for calendar year 2023, which includes updates to policies for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
While the AHA is pleased that CMS will provide hospitals and health systems with an improved update to outpatient payments next year compared to the agency’s proposal in July, the increase is still insufficient given the extraordinary cost pressures hospitals face from labor, supplies, equipment,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today posted a final rule on its website that will increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 3.8% in calendar year 2023 compared to 2022. This update is based on a market basket percentage increase of 4.1%,…
Medicare Administrative Contractors will pay 340B hospitals Average Sales Price plus 6%, rather than ASP minus 22.5%, for all CY 2022 drug claims with modifier “JG,” CMS confirmed for AHA yesterday.
It’s in everyone’s best interest to keep the 340B program strong, wrote AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in the Congress Blog at The Hill, published Oct. 10.
“For three decades, the 340B drug pricing program has helped hospitals that serve high numbers of low-income patients offer and expand a range of important programs and services that advance health within their communities,” writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in the Congress Blog at The Hill…
After court ruling for AHA in 340B case, HHS says it will start adjusting payment rates for certain 340B hospitals within approximately two weeks
The Department of Health and Human Services will begin restoring a payment rate of average sales price plus 6% for 340B drug claims in about two weeks, the department told a United States District Court for the District of Columbia.