October 19, 2017 – A group of more than 1,300 hospitals serving low-income and rural communities is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to withdraw its proposal to cut Medicare reimbursement for outpatient prescription … [Read More...]
House E&C Oversight Subcommittee 340B Hearing Recap
October 11, 2017—The House Energy & Commerce oversight subcommittee held its second hearing on the 340B program this morning, focusing on how covered entities track and use their savings to improve patient care. Three 340B hospitals and health … [Read More...]
Co-Founder of GOP Doctor’s Caucus Urges CMS To Withdraw Reimbursement Cut
October 11, 2017—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should “stand down and rescind its deleterious proposal” to slash what Medicare pays 340B hospitals for many of the most expensive medicines in use today, a co-founder of the U.S. … [Read More...]
House 340B Hearing Set for Oct. 11
October 5, 2017—The House Energy & Commerce oversight subcommittee is holding a second hearing on the 340B drug discount program on Oct. 11. The subcommittee will hear testimony from executives at health center networks in North and South … [Read More...]
More Than Half of U.S. House Urges CMS to Drop 340B Hospital Cuts
September 29, 2017—A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives wants the Trump administration to drop plans to slash what Medicare pays safety-net and rural hospitals for typically expensive specialty drugs that must be administered by … [Read More...]
Hospitals Protest Decision to Delay Rule to Deter Drug Manufacturer Overcharging
September 28, 2017—Hospitals in the federal 340B drug discount program objected strongly today to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to delay enforcement of a critical 340B program rule to police drug manufacturer … [Read More...]
Minnesota’s Largest Newspaper Explores How CMS Proposed Rule Would Hurt 340B Hospitals and Patients
September 25, 2017—Regulations proposed by the Trump administration could significantly weaken the 340B drug discount program, with programs for low-income or vulnerable patients taking the biggest hit, a 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winner writes in a … [Read More...]
340B Health Urges HHS to Start Enforcing Regulation to Police Drug Industry Overcharging
September 20, 2017— The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should not delay a long-overdue federal regulation to punish drug manufacturers that illegally overcharge safety-net hospitals and other healthcare providers for lifesaving … [Read More...]
NPR and Kaiser Health News Explore 340B Orphan Drug Exclusion
September 18, 2017—National Public Radio and Kaiser Health News have collaborated on an in-depth report on how a federal law that denies rural hospitals 340B drug discounts on orphan drugs “has left rural hospital pharmacists and health care workers … [Read More...]