After an initial burst of optimism earlier this year, some health care organizations are having second thoughts about large in-person events for the remainder of 2021 and the start of the new year.
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In his latest column for Omnicell, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky ponders four burning questions as we approach the first anniversary of drug manufacturers stopping or placing restrictions on 340B drug discounts in the contract pharmacy setting. …
The American Hospital Association (AHA) told pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (ESI) this week its new 340B claims identification requirement for covered entities and their contract pharmacies “is a major overreach” and should be withdrawn immediately.
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The nation’s largest health insurer is instituting a commercial claims reimbursement policy that that is raising alarms among 340B hospitals.
“Sentry looks forward to continuing to innovate and grow with its new partnership with Craneware," Sentry CEO Travis Leonardi said about his company's sale this week.
Healthcare data analytics company Craneware is buying 340B third-party administrator Sentry Data Systems, the latest in a series of 340B TPA acquisitions.
Kerry Hydash (left) is Board Chair and Amanda Pears Kelly is Executive Director of the new health center group Advocates for Community Health.
Susanne Somerville, CEO of life sciences information sharing consulting firm Chronicled, thinks blockchain technology could be the solution to 340B duplicate discounts.
Ending the deep cut in 340B hospitals' Medicare drug reimbursement topped two dozen health systems' list of 340B recommendations for HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. | C-SPAN
Express Scripts told 340B covered entities in recent letters that it has granted "numerous" extensions of time for pharmacies to comply with its new 340B claims identification process.
The 340B Coalition told Express Scripts that covered entities cannot comply with its new 340B claims submission and identification requirement absent "a massive investment of financial and human resources." | Shutterstock
Community health center leaders have created a new membership organization—Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—to influence federal health care policy and “drive a new vision for the role health centers can and should play in an evolving 21st century health care …
A Bay Area health care tech firm is convening a work group to try to solve the problem of duplicate 340B discounts and Medicaid rebates on the same drugs. …
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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. …
Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts (ESI) told a hospital group and an HIV/AIDS clinic in recent days that it has “already granted numerous pharmacies extensions” to its controversial new 340B claims identification requirement that went into effect March 1. …
Groups representing 340B health care providers have asked pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (ESI) to stop making 340B providers and their contract pharmacies retrospectively submit and flag 340B claims in a way that has never been done before, and that …