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340B Helps Create a Brighter Future for Rural Health

Print ArticleNovember 19, 2020 – The headlines for rural hospitals and providers too often have been disheartening in the past decade. They include the fact that more than 130 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, according to the University of North Carolina Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. But on National Rural Health […]

This Anniversary, 340B Is As Important As Ever

Print ArticleNovember 16, 2020 – With all eyes focused on the 2020 elections earlier this month, it would have been understandable to have missed the anniversary of the 340B drug pricing program. Nov. 4 marked the observance of the date the law establishing 340B was enacted. Just as it did 28 years ago, when President George […]

Faces of 340B: Making Chemotherapy Affordable

October 30, 2020 – Surrounded by her husband and daughter, Erika Aguero was crying because she had just found out the news no patient ever wants to hear. When she heard she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, she worried that she was going to die. … [Read More...]

Faces of 340B: Breathing Easier

October 16, 2020 – Dan Hargrave was struggling to breathe, and he and his physicians initially were not sure why. He had asthma as a child, but his doctors were not confident this was the cause. Eventually, Dan was diagnosed with chronic obstructive … [Read More...]

Drug Industry Report on 340B Attempts a Diversion from Unlawful Manufacturer Actions

October 14, 2020— A new report from the drug industry consultant Berkeley Research Group (BRG) takes aim at community-based pharmacies in the 340B drug pricing program. The report implies, without evidence, that for-profit pharmacy chains are making … [Read More...]

340B Hospitals Support Mental Health Challenges No Matter the Circumstances

October 9, 2020 – Fifty percent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this is the estimated percentage of Americans who will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime. Prior to the COVID-19 … [Read More...]

We Have More Reasons Than Ever to Celebrate Pharmacists This Month

October 7, 2020— October is American Pharmacists Month, and this year we have even more reasons to celebrate their contributions to the health care system. Pharmacists are as essential to the health care system’s mobilization in the face of the … [Read More...]

JAMA Study Shows 340B Can Help Restrain Drug Price Hikes

September 22, 2020— A recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece by a pharmaceutical industry consultant resurfaces claims that statutory discounts for safety-net hospitals, health centers, and clinics are forcing drug companies to hike their prices. … [Read More...]

Keeping Diabetes in Check With 340B’s Help