The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to healthcare organizations that care for ...
Senators on both sides of the aisle expressed support for reforming the 340B drug discount program during a Thursday hearing of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee — though lawmakers ...
When the 340B drug pricing program was established in 1992, Congress intended for the program to help low-income and uninsured patients with their prescription drugs. The pharmaceutical companies ...
The 340B drug discount program incentivizes hospitals to purchase outpatient clinics and prescribe more and higher-cost drugs — behaviors that tend to increase costs for the federal government and ...
It has been 30 years since the 340B drug pricing program became law. 340B is one of a series of policies that those of us serving in Congress at the time adopted to address the need for a robust ...
On April 28, AEI’s Kirsten Axelsen hosted the former North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley; Anthony DiGiorgio of the University of California, San Francisco; ...
It has certainly been a year of ups and downs for 340B hospitals. While litigation continues in the manufacturer 340B price restriction space, and 340B hospitals continue to experience financial, ...
If HHS’ 340B rebate model pilot proceeds as planned, more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals will collectively be saddled with approximately $400 million in operational costs and 11.2 million labor burden ...
Jeff Davis, a partner in the Washington, D.C., law office of Bass, Berry & Sims, advises healthcare organizations on Medicare and Medicaid billing and reimbursement issues, with a special focus on the ...
In a letter last week, Johnson & Johnson informed certain hospitals of a major change it plans to make in the way it gives out discounts on two drugs. The company has found itself in opposition to ...
Here we go again: An op-ed column printed in this publication is yet another example of a drug company-focused view on the 340B Drug Pricing Program, couched in the language of reform. Its criticisms ...
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to ...