340B Drug Pricing Program

With an emphasis on primary care, WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital provides an array of specialty services, including emergency medicine, OB/GYN, oncology, pediatrics, and palliative care. In addition to the main hospital facility, WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s meets its patients where they are by…
Valleywise Health – formerly known as Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) – has been caring for families and communities in the Phoenix area for more than 140 years. Today, Valleywise Health is well known for operating regional health centers across rapidly growing Maricopa County, providing “…
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) has served the people of Missouri for over 50 years. Based in Clinton, Missouri, GVMH is the only hospital serving three rural counties between Kansas City and Springfield, covering an 80-mile radius.
A Modern Healthcare analysis of 340B hospitals “should be viewed with the derision it deserves,” writes AHA General Counsel & Secretary Melinda Hatton.
Modern Healthcare’s putative report on CMS’ 340B remedy proposal is completely wrong and irresponsible for the following reasons. First, to buttress its conclusions the article relies on quotes from an academic whose 340B research is funded in whole or in part by an organization with an anti-…
AHA on July 21 submitted comments on how Congress can ensure that the 340B program continues to benefit patients and communities, while acting to prevent any cuts to the program that would jeopardize patient access to care.
For over 30 years, the 340B program has successfully allowed health care providers to stretch scarce federal resources to better serve their patients and communities, consistent with Congress’ objectives.
The CMS July 11 published its proposed rule regarding the remedy for the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System 340B Drug Payment Policy for calendar years (CY) 2018-2022.
Responding to an Arnold Ventures-backed opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine attacking tax-exempt hospitals and the 340B program, AHA General Counsel and Secretary Melinda Hatton says the authors’ disclosure form speaks volumes.
Since Baxter General Hospital was founded in 1963, it has served as a critical lifeline for residents in 11 counties across north-central Arkansas (AR) and south-central Missouri (MO).