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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Articles by : Tom Mirga, Editor at Large
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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Five Washington insiders steeped in knowledge about the 340B program will take part in a 340B Report webinar Oct. 28 about 340B’s future after the November midterm elections.
The event from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. Eastern is an exclusive free
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Changing the 340B patient definition “might reduce hospitals’ and physicians’ incentives to consolidate,” but to what extent “remains highly uncertain,” the Congressional Budget Office says in a new policy analysis.
House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) asked CBO to
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Drug manufacturer UCB has sued in federal court to overturn federal health officials’ finding that the Belgian company’s restrictions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop or the company could face civil monetary
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As we first reported Friday in a news alert, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has tentatively scheduled oral arguments in three key 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits for Nov. 15.
The clerk of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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340B disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) in 2020 spent 2.2 times more on outpatient drugs per commercially insured patient than non-340B DSH hospitals and 2.6 times more than other types of 340B hospitals, a new drug industry-funded study shows.
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Lawyers for federal healthcare officials told a federal district court yesterday that the government opposes a South Carolina health center’s efforts to have the longstanding 340B program definition of patient declared illegal.
In papers filed Sept. 22 in federal district court
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A federal watchdog agency wants to know if 340B hospitals give low-income uninsured patients a break on drug prices at their contract and in-house pharmacies as part of the agency’s evaluation of a law that helps some hospitals forced out
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