Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access yesterday criticized drug manufacturer Gilead Sciences for sponsoring a study that said it is unclear if patients of Ryan White clinics and other 340B grantee covered entities benefit from the drug margin these entities
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The American Hospital Association has asked the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to resume letting hospitals dispense 340B drugs at offsite clinics that have not yet appeared on the hospital’s most recently filed Medicare cost report.
AHA asked HRSA
…The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is sticking by its long-standing recommendation that Medicare should pay less for Part B drugs furnished by 340B hospitals.
“We continue to believe that this approach is appropriate, and the specific level of payment reduction
…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”
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.”
…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
…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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…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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Tanya Dudley, Senior Product Manager for Sentrex contract pharmacy management application, The Craneware Group
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: Authentic Mexican tacos
Movie: All Marvel movies
Musicians: Erykah Badu (she’s from Dallas also!)
Destination: Florida; we can enjoy a vacation and visit family we have throughout the state.
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