More than 1,000 covered entities—double the number in May—are submitting 340B drug claims data to Second Sight Solutions’ 340B ESP platform to be able to keep dispensing manufacturers’ drugs to patients at multiple contract pharmacies, a senior 340B ESP leader
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A national community health center association founded last year is launching a campaign to urge Congress to create a separate drug discount program called 340C open to health centers and perhaps rural hospitals and federal grantees.
According to a description
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The congressman who represents Richmond, Va., told a health system Wednesday he rejects its reasons for ceasing intensive care, maternity, and other vital services at a Richmond hospital in a mainly Black neighborhood despite the hospital allegedly earning millions of
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President Biden will sign an executive order today directing the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) “to consider additional actions to further drive down prescription drug costs,” the White House said this morning.
“Under the Executive Order, HHS will
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Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) on Monday announced the resignation of its CEO, molecular immunologist Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, after confirming over the weekend that she was on a leave of absence. BIO is the trade association and top lobbying group for
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The American Hospital Association is urging the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to abandon a Medicare Part B drug reimbursement policy option it is considering making to Congress, arguing that the proposed change would hurt 340B hospitals’ ability to provide care
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The 340B program “has always been uniquely federal in nature” and “there is no room for states, pharmacies, or other interests to step in and try to supplant” the federal government’s exclusive control over it, the brand drug industry said
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Avita, a leading provider of 340B contract pharmacy and third-party administration services geared toward HIV and LGBTQ+ communities, is expanding into medical practice staffing and management.
Avita announced Oct. 5 that it has acquired HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+, and primary care health
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