340B Report, the indispensable source for news and intelligence on the 340B drug pricing program, has added two team members with deep health care journalism experience. Rich Daly, a veteran healthcare business and policy journalist, is 340B Report’s new editor
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A new “playbook” for employers on getting the upper hand with pharmacy benefit managers says PBM handling of 340B drugs is a top 10 concern for business-sponsored health plans.
Released yesterday by the Washington, D.C., based National Alliance of Healthcare
…Sean Dickson, a drug policy expert who has published frequently cited research on the 340B program and advised both health care providers and drug manufacturers on 340B compliance, has gone to work for the health insurance industry.
Dickson, most recently
…Avita, a leading provider of 340B contract pharmacy and third-party administration services geared toward HIV and LGBTQ+ communities, has acquired Q Care Plus, a business that helps patients access HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication by telehealth.
PMQ Investors LLC, Avita’s
…Pharmaceutical manufacturer contractor Kalderos has replaced Review, its 340B drug claims verification tool, with a new one named Discount Hub.
Chicago-based Kalderos announced the change in an Aug. 31 blog post and an Oct. 12 news release. It said Discount Hub
…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
…Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced September 20th that it is acquiring the remaining 30% stake in 340B specialty pharmacy company Shields Health Solutions that it did not already own. WBA first invested in Shields in July 2019. Last year, it spent
…Community health center advocates have strongly criticized a new Kaiser Health News (KHN) investigative report that found that some health centers have large profit margins.
The article found that nine of the nation’s nearly 1,400 health centers reported profit margins
…The brand drug industry’s recent full-page ad in The Washington Post saying the 340B program helps big hospitals and chain pharmacies but not patients is “hypocritical slander,” AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein said last week.
“PhRMA calling for drug price
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