The Illinois legislature has voted to forbid pharmacy benefit managers, third party payers, and Medicaid managed care organizations from discriminating against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.
At least three other states have passed similar legislation so far in
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Drug manufacturer Gilead told the National Association of Community Health Centers yesterday that NACHC’s condemnation last month of Gilead’s new conditions on 340B contract pharmacy pricing on its branded hepatitis C treatments “seem to represent a misunderstanding of this integrity
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The CPS 340B Solutions team is excited to host nationally recognized 340B industry thought leaders for a roundtable discussion about recent events, legislative updates, and key industry trends that impact all 340B Covered Entity designations. We hope that you will join us!
During this webinar, speakers will discuss topics including:
A brief Q&A will occur at the end of the webinar.
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Over the last twelve months, more than 435 healthcare providers across the U.S. had breaches of unsecured protected health information. 73% were hacking/IT incidents with more than 27 million individuals affected. These numbers are according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Breach Portal, where HIPAA requires any breaches of over 500 individual records be reported.
HIPAA specifies a list of rules, or national standards that covered entities must follow to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information. However, HIPAA doesn’t specifically prescribe how those rules are implemented. For example, it doesn’t mandate that you use a particular encryption standard or set your passwords in a specific format. Instead, it’s up to each organization’s discretion on how to set those standards for themselves based on their unique circumstances. There is an expectation, however, that implementations will be robust enough to provide adequate protection for personal health information. Independent assessments by qualified
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