The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to bring significant change to the healthcare industry, including the expansion of the Public Health Service Act Section 340B Program.
On October 26, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a Notice to “inform and remind” 340B Program covered entities that to be considered eligible for the 340B program, ...
The 340B drug pricing program is complicated. A clinic leader and a hospital said that’s making it easy for there to be misunderstandings about if the savings are being passed onto the patient.
On February 2, 2024, the “gang of six”—a bipartisan group of six senators who have traditionally championed reforms to the 340B program 1 —introduced a discussion draft of a bill that would modify the ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was developed more than three decades ago to help improve access to medicines for vulnerable patients 4 via manufacturer discounts to specific nonprofit hospitals and ...
Senator calls on Congress to increase oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program by requiring participating providers to complete annual reports on program savings and revenues. If your health system ...
The 340B drug discount program would work better if the money followed the patient rather than going directly to hospitals, Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA, said Monday at an event on 340B sponsored by the ...
What does it mean to be a patient? For some, it means access to the best doctors and hospitals. For others, it means a courageous battle against a chronic, and perhaps incurable disease. And for many, ...
Legislation that could change the 340B program should be done so with caution, as the federal program acts as a boon to care for patients with HIV, experts argue. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Local healthcare system Bon Secours is caught in the middle of a nationwide controversy. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions recently released a ...
A federal judge in Maine has temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing a pilot for a 340B rebate model. On Dec. 29, Judge Lance Walker ruled in favor of the ...