Generic drug manufacturer Unichem Pharmaceuticals USA must repay 340B covered entities for overcharges found during a 340B program compliance audit, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) said yesterday.
HRSA has been auditing five drug manufacturers per year for
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Congress and the White House should let financially distressed critical access hospitals keep their 340B drug discounts if they opt under a new law to downgrade into emergency hospitals to remain solvent, rural health advocates told federal health officials in
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In its mid-year report released this month, Fitch Ratings predicts a “deteriorating” outlook for nonprofit hospitals and health systems through the remainder of 2022 and into 2023. This is primarily driven by the “macro headwinds” of high labor costs and
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The landmark prescription drug pricing legislation that President Joe Biden signed this month is a mixed bag for 340B stakeholders, 340B Health Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says in his latest column for Omnicell.
Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on
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Q: Where did you grow up?
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Q: Where did you go to college?
Queens College in New York
Q: What are your favorites?
Food: Sushi
Movie: When Harry met Sally. Easily one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time.
Musician: Barbra Streisand
Destination: The Amalfi Coast in Italy. My other favorite destination
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Last September, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a drug manufacturers’ notice to 340B covered entities that it was limiting distribution of a medicine that alleviates a side effect of HIV/AIDS treatment.
It was the fifth limited
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A federal district judge on Tuesday gave federal health officials a Sept. 22 deadline to respond to a higher court’s ruling last month that a South Carolina health center has the right to challenge the legality of the government’s 340B
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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) has reintroduced a comprehensive health care bill he sponsored during the last session of Congress that would create new reporting requirements for 340B disproportionate share (DSH), children’s, and free-standing cancer hospitals and their child sites.
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Correction, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, 3:00 p.m. EDT—The original version of this article mistakenly said the hospital plaintiffs’ complaint stated that HHS improperly based 2020 and 2021 Medicare Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals on a survey of
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Q: Where did you grow up?
I grew up in a rural area of Southern New Jersey, which is just about halfway between Philadelphia, PA and the Jersey Shore, as well as just over an hour away from New York City. This location made it easily accessible to experience the liveliness of the city while also enjoying the
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