340B Registration for Third Quarter of 2023 Will Run from July 1 to July 17

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Q3 2023 covered entity registration for the 340B program runs from July 1 to July 17, HRSA says.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has added two days to the next quarterly 340B registration period.

A HRSA spokesperson said Friday that Q3 registration for 340B covered entities, their child sites, and their contract pharmacies will begin July

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Six Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators Ask 340B Stakeholders for “Bipartisan Policy Solutions”

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A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators today sought 340B stakeholders' best advice on subjects including 340B contract pharmacy, duplicate discount prevention, accountability, and ensuring that program benefits accrue to covered entities and their patients.

Six Democratic and Republican U.S. senators this morning asked 340B drug pricing program stakeholders for input on “bipartisan policy solutions that would ensure the program has stability and oversight to continue to achieve its original intention of serving eligible patients.”

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Congressional Republicans Want to Know if 340B Plays a Role in Drug Shortages

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The GOP leaders of two congressional committees want public input on whether 340B program growth leads to drug shortages.

U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Senate Finance Committee ranking Republican Mike Crapo (Idaho) are soliciting public input on what’s driving the increase in drug shortages, including whether or not the 340B drug pricing

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JAMA Study Says, When it Comes to Insulin, Pharma’s Gross-to-Net Problem Is Mostly its Own Doing

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Insulin product manufacturers' take from sales is diminished more by voluntary commercial discounts than by 340B ceiling prices and other mandatory discounts, a new study found.

Drug manufacturers often observe that a growing share of their take from gross sales goes to middlemen and others in the form of rebates and discounts. A term has been coined to describe the phenomenon: the gross-to-net bubble (the difference

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Maintaining the Patient Experience and Continuity of Care 

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The healthcare industry continues to evolve. We see this evolution range from technology advancements and self-serve digital platforms to competing payer coverages and vast access to both acute and maintenance medications. Throughout this evolution, the patient experience and continuity of care are crucial to supporting a patient’s journey throughout the healthcare ecosystem. Here are six ways specialty pharmacies like AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy can help ensure the patient experience also evolves:

  1. Communication – Clinics and professional practices should consider the most effective form of communication, including digital and self-serve platforms. A patient’s perception of the quality of healthcare is highly dependent on the quality of their interactions with their healthcare team. It is important that health systems and providers review the channels of communication they and other stakeholders use to support the patient.
  2. Medication Access – In reviewing the acute and ongoing needs of patients, physicians should determine which drugs
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First Merck, Now Chamber of Commerce Sues to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and local and state chambers have sued to stop Medicare from negotiating "maximum fair prices" on a small number of expensive single-source drugs.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three state and local affiliates are asking a federal court to strike down the part of the Inflation Reduction Act that lets Medicare negotiate “maximum fair prices” (MFPs) for some expensive, single-source drugs, arguing

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340B INDUSTRY LEADER SPOTLIGHT

Tanya Dudley, Senior Product Manager for Sentrex contract pharmacy management application, The Craneware Group

Tanya Dudley

Q: Where did you grow up?

Dallas, Texas

Q: Where did you go to college/graduate school?

Dallas College – Richland Campus

Q: What are your favorites?

Food:

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Expert Tip From Signify

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TIP: Have your own tracking system for manufacturer contract pharmacy requirements.


As the manufacturers continue to

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Nonprofit Hospitals’ Profits Are Up But Charity Care Is Not, Study Finds

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"Substantial growth in nonprofit hospital operating profits and cash reserves" yielded no "corresponding increase in charity care," a new study in Health Affairs said. The American Hospital Association strongly criticized the report's methodology and the findings.

Nonprofit hospitals’ profits and cash reserves grew substantially between 2012 and 2019 without a corresponding rise in spending on charity care, a new study in the June issue of Health Affairs found.

The American Hospital Association quickly issued a rebuttal.

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Federal Court Hearing Next Week on California’s Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer; Bill Introduced in N.J. with 340B Implications

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A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., is holding arguments next week in a lawsuit to reverse the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., is holding oral arguments next week in a lawsuit aimed at reversing the state’s January 2022 transfer of Medicaid managed care benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

Meanwhile, a bill was introduced

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