May 18, 2020— If your job requires you to keep up to date on the latest developments in the 340B drug pricing program, 340B Health has a new podcast designed to keep you informed and in touch with the nation’s top 340B experts. 340B Insight launched today featuring an exclusive interview with Rear Admiral Krista Pedley, the leader of the government agency that oversees the … [Read more...]
Faces of 340B: Putting Insulin Within Reach
May 15, 2020 – Patient Debra Abercrumbie remembers that when she first came to MetroHealth in Cleveland, her hemoglobin A1C levels were “out of control,” and she would need to start managing them better if she were going to improve her health while living with her diabetes. Fortunately, MetroHealth had the medication assistance and care coordination that she required, in large … [Read more...]
340B Means Better Diabetes Care
May 8, 2020— The threat of chronic diseases such as diabetes has not taken a break during the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than one in 10 Americans are living with diabetes, with typically underserved populations hit hard not only by the disease but also by the life-threatening complications that can come with it. The pandemic only serves to make the … [Read more...]
Faces of 340B: Freedom to Focus on What Matters Most
April 29, 2020 – Sometimes one of the 340B drug pricing program’s greatest impacts can be seen when patients going through difficult health circumstances receive the financial support they need to focus on what matters most in their lives. That is what happened for Philadelphia resident Cheryl Chupp. When Cheryl was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, she knew she needed … [Read more...]
Pandemic Highlights Persistent Disparities in Care
April 22, 2020— The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest public health issue to highlight the persistent gaps among different groups of Americans in accessing needed care and attaining their best possible health outcomes. Amid another sobering reminder of these disparities, 340B hospitals continue to focus their missions on serving the underserved. Early reports during the … [Read more...]
Faces of 340B: Keeping Specialty Services Afloat
April 3, 2020 – The math is clear to Pete Hamilton on how the 340B drug pricing program benefits underserved patients and the safety-net hospitals who care for them. As the pharmaceutical director for Genesis Healthcare System in southeastern Ohio, he provides some telling numbers when he discusses how his system is using the program for the community’s benefit. “Genesis … [Read more...]
340B Data Show How Savings Help Patients with Low Incomes and Protect Access in Rural Areas
April 2, 2020— Results from 340B Health’s annual survey of hospitals confirms the 340B drug pricing program is working the way Congress intended. Surveyed 340B hospitals report using their savings from prescription drug discounts to improve access to care and health outcomes for patients with low incomes and those living in rural communities. Hospital savings go to maintain or … [Read more...]