Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
Six hospital groups asked U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday to state “immediately and definitively” that six drug manufacturers’ refusals to offer 340B discounts on drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies are illegal.
They also asked
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) can “move forward with implementing” the stalled 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process, and it is “actively considering additional options for agency enforcement of the 340B statute” against drug manufacturers denying 340B
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
Congress never intended for safety-net health care providers to make money by buying prescriptions drugs at a discount through the 340B program and billing payers at above the drugs’ acquisition cost, drug manufacturer AstraZeneca (AZN) told a federal district court
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
Twenty four large health systems with hospitals in the 340B program yesterday sent U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra eight recommendations “to stabilize this program for the long-term” that he could implement without involving Congress.
The coalition,
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
Andrea Palm, President Biden’s pick to be the number two official at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS), pledged during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing this morning to make sure that the 340B program “is working as it
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
The bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and its Health Subcommittee wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra this week asking him to enforce “full compliance” with the Trump administration’s hospital
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
News this week that sexually transmitted disease (STD) reported cases in the U.S. reached all-time highs for the sixth straight year shows why STD clinic access to 340B drug discounts is vital, state and local STD program directors say.
New
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
340B health care providers are hopeful that U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra will sanction six drug manufacturers that have either stopped providing 340B discounts or placed restrictions on 340B pricing in the contract pharmacy setting, 340B Report Publisher and CEO
… Tom Mirga
Editor at Large
Drug manufacturer United Therapeutics on Monday launched phase two of its restrictions on 340B contract pharmacy, telling covered entities what they must do to keep getting 340B pricing from the company on its drugs when dispensed by the entities’ retail
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