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Major Drug Industry and Health Center Groups Unite to Reform 340B for Patients and “True” Safety-Net Providers

March 9, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

PhRMA, NACHC, and and the National Hispanic Medical Association created a new group, ASAP 340B, and issued a 10-point plan to ensure that the 340B program “benefits patients and true safety-net providers, including rural hospitals.”

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and the National Hispanic Medical Association this morning jointly issued a 10-point plan and created a nonprofit group to ensure that the 340B program “benefits patients and

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Health Centers and PhRMA Co-Developing 340B Policies, Hospital Group Says

March 2, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

NACHC and PhRMA are jointly developing 340B policy proposals for Congress to consider, hospital group 340B Health says.

Associations representing community health centers and brand drug manufacturers are jointly developing 340B policy proposals for Congress to consider, hospital group 340B Health told its members yesterday.

The National Association of Community Health Centers said yesterday that it had no

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One-Third of Americans Lack a Source of Primary Care and Health Centers Can Close the Gap, Says Report

February 28, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Map of United States depicting percentages of medically disenfranchised populations

Almost one-third of Americans lack access to a usual source of primary care, the National Association of Community Health Centers says in a new report.

More than 100 million Americans—almost one-third of the population, and many of them children—lack access to a usual source of primary care due to a shortage of providers in their community, leading to delays in care, poorer health outcomes, and

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Keep 340B Strong, AHA Says in Wall Street Journal Ad

January 12, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

The American Hospital Association's ad in The Wall Street Journal said, “It is in the best interest of all to keep the 340B program strong.”

The American Hospital Association purchased a large ad in The Wall Street Journal print edition Tuesday touting the 340B program’s benefits and saying, “It is in the best interest of all to keep the 340B program strong.”

The quarter-page

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Health System Makes Improvements at 340B Hospital in New York Times Investigation

January 12, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Richmond Community Hospital building and signage

Bon Secours Health System opened a long-delayed medical office building adjacent to the Richmond, Va., hospital that was the focus of a New York Times investigation of alleged 340B program misuse.

An Ohio-based health system that was the focus of a New York Times investigation of alleged 340B program misuse opened a long-delayed medical office building this week near the Richmond, Va., hospital featured in the exposé.

Bon Secours Health System

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