340B Drug Pricing Program
A panel of 4 experts discussed federal policy emerging from Congress and the Administration under COVID-19 focusing on rural health priorities and took questions from the audience. They reviewed emergency funding, Medicare and Medicaid payment improvements, telehealth, regulatory relief, 340B drug…
The AHA urged the Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide flexibility in the administration of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to better enable these hospitals to serve their communities during the COVID-19 national emergency.
The AHA submitted its comments to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to collect pricing data on Hospital Survey for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs (SCODs) from all hospitals that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program…
Model comment letter regarding CMS–10709, Hospital Survey for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Vol. 85, No. 26), February 7, 2020.
The Health Resources and Services Administration should increase its oversight of private nonprofit hospitals that participate in the 340B drug savings program to ensure they meet eligibility requirements, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released today.
The pharmaceutical industry’s latest “report” is an obvious attempt to divert attention away from a problem of their own making: skyrocketing drug prices.
Re: CMS–10709, Hospital Survey for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Vol. 84, No. 189), September 30, 2019.
The latest report from AIR340B continues to misrepresent a program with a more than 25-year history of helping hospitals stretch scarce financial resources to expand and improve access to lifesaving prescription drugs and comprehensive health services for the many patients served by participating…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 released the calendar year (CY) 2020 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule finishes phasing in the site-neutral rate for clinic…