Category: Providers

340B Hospital Registration Waiver Withdrawal Could Draw Legal Challenge

October 31, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

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Hospital advocates said HRSA's recent decision to end a 340B program waiver for hospitals could draw legal challenges.

The recent end of a 340B program waiver for hospitals is wrong, hurts hospitals and their patients, and is bound [...]

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340B Hospitals’ Community Benefit Surges in 2020, Says Hospital-Backed Report

October 31, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

The American Hospital Association published a study that found 340B hospitals' community benefit increased significantly in 2020.

The community benefits provided by 340B hospitals surged by $16.5 billion, or 24%, in the latest year analyzed by a [...]

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HRSA To End Waiver for Some Offsite 340B Hospital Locations, Provides Grace Period

October 26, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

HRSA confirmed it will end a pandemic-era waiver program that allowed 340B drug use in certain offsite hospital locations.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) confirmed today it is ending a 340B program waiver issued early in the [...]

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340B Provider-Genentech Lobbying Group Boosts Spending, Adds Members

October 26, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

More than 360 firms reported lobbying on the 340B program between July 1 and Sept. 30.

Genentech, Sanford Health, and Carolina Health Centers’ 340B reform group, 340B Working Table, spent $110,000 on lobbying and gained eight [...]

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GSK Adds Drug to Contract Pharmacy Restriction List

October 26, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Senderra Rx will no longer dispense GlaxoSmithKline’s asthma drug, Nucala.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently restricted 340B pricing on Jesduvroq, an anemia treatment, when providers dispense it through contract pharmacies. GSK contractor [...]

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Genentech Asks Hospitals to Check 340B Split-Billing Software Settings

October 24, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Genentech gave advanced notice to 340B hospitals that the drugmaker would implement 340B contract pharmacy restrictions on May 1.

Drug manufacturer Genentech has asked health systems and hospitals about possible 340B program compliance violations involving split-billing software settings. Staff [...]

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Teva Adds Drug to Hospital Contract Pharmacy Restriction Policy

October 24, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Drugmaker Teva recently added its medication Austedo to its list of drugs under 340B contract pharmacy restrictions for hospitals.

Drug manufacturer Teva this week added a drug to the hospital contract pharmacy restrictions it first implemented in June. The [...]

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340B Dispute Resolution Final Rule Enters Last Stage of Regulatory Review

October 19, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

HRSA plans to host a webinar for federal grantees in the days leading up to the 2024 340B recertification period.

A final rule to implement the 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process arrived this week at the last stage of [...]

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Rural Providers Urge Congress to Extend Pandemic-Era 340B Eligibility Exemptions

October 19, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital is part of a coalition of rural providers pushing Congress to extend a 2022 340B eligibility waiver.

More than 400 hospitals risk losing 340B eligibility if Congress does not extend exemptions authorized during the public health emergency [...]

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Most 340B DSH Hospitals Provide Below-Average Charity Care, Says Analysis Backed by Critics

October 19, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Bob Dold, a spokesperson for AIR340B, said the 340B program "has not translated into a stronger safety-net” after a drug industry backed analysis found 340B DSH hospitals provide below-average charity care.

The majority of 340B disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) provide charity care at lower rates than the national hospital average, found [...]

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