The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services yesterday rescinded Medicaid policy guidance dated Dec. 22 and effective Jan. 1 that forbade 340B covered entities’ contract pharmacies from dispensing 340B-purchased drugs to Medicaid beneficiaries.
The state primary care association warned that the
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Oregon legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit discriminatory practices by pharmacy benefit managers and insurance plans against 340B pharmacies, including reimbursing a 340B pharmacy less for prescription drugs compared with non-340B pharmacies.
If passed later this year, House
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A federal district court in South Carolina yesterday sealed the federal government’s records of the audit, expulsion, and reinstatement of a health center for allegedly diverting 340B-acquired drugs to ineligible patients.
The court order was in Genesis Health Care’s lawsuit
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Annual recertification of 340B eligibility for federally qualified health centers and most other grantee-type entities will start Jan. 30 and end Feb. 27, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said yesterday.
HRSA did not say when Title X family
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Increasingly, participants in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are discovering and benefiting from the 340B drug discount program. Unlike the historic fee-for-service healthcare models, ACOs are rewarded for outcomes that are better aligned with value-based population health, including improved patient care outcomes, an enhanced patient experience, and more efficient, streamlined provider time where physicians spend more time with patients who are most acute, all while lowering overall costs.
By participating in the 340B program, eligible hospitals and clinics are better positioned to put patient care first. When combined with ACO participation, new drug savings and revenue are generated to further efforts to enhance patient care while lowering costs at a time when the field of healthcare is experiencing unprecedented stressors – both professionally and financially.
Safety-net providers have demonstrated success in accountable care through a collaborative ACO model. In a collaborative, independent providers work together to improve operational efficiencies and quality of care
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Pennsylvania 340B health centers and hospitals are alarmed about a Dec. 22 state human services department notice to providers that 340B covered entities’ contract pharmacies “must dispense non-340B-purchased drugs to [Medicaid] beneficiaries in the [fee for service] and managed care
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Avita, a leading provider of 340B contract pharmacy and third-party administration services geared toward HIV and LGBTQ+ communities, has acquired Q Care Plus, a business that helps patients access HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication by telehealth.
PMQ Investors LLC, Avita’s
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U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) has introduced legislation reportedly the same as he filed during the last session of Congress to impose conditions on hospital participation in the 340B program. More bills dealing with 340B are likely.
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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) announced Tuesday that she was named chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. She in turn announced yesterday that the House Republican Steering Committee recommended nine new members to serve on the panel.
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