December 10, 2015—The Senate Special Committee on Aging kicked off a series of hearings about drug price inflation yesterday with a session on skyrocketing prices for off-patent drugs lacking competition.  … [Read more...]

December 4, 2015—Four California hospitals enrolled in the 340B program cared for victims of the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. … [Read more...]

December 1, 2015—Federal health officials are aiming for September 2016 as the target for publishing final omnibus guidance for the 340B program.  … [Read more...]

December 1, 2015—The Health Resources and Services Administration is repeating its recommendation that healthcare providers follow a specific protocol for disclosing to the government and drug manufacturers that they have violated 340B program requirements.  … [Read more...]

November 24, 2015—The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General today outlined three ways that Medicare and its beneficiaries might share safety-net healthcare providers' 340B drug discount savings.  … [Read more...]

November 20, 2015—Proposed 340B drug discount policy changes – especially those affecting discharge prescriptions, physician eligibility, and infusion drugs – will jeopardize hospitals' ability to care for vulnerable patients if the government finalizes them as is, hospital leaders warned at a Capitol Hill briefing yesterday. … [Read more...]

November 20, 2015—U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell today opened a forum on the high and growing cost of prescription drugs with a challenge to government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient advocates, providers, employers, and payers to come together "to find a path that doesn’t ask us to choose between innovation and affordability." … [Read more...]