AHA Criticizes JAMA Study of What Hospitals Charge for Clinician-Administered Drugs

The AHA says a JAMA study on what hospitals charge insurers for clinician-administered drugs lacks context.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has pushed back on a JAMA Internal Medicine study suggesting that leading acute care facilities that are 340B covered entities have wide variations in how much they charge insurers for clinician-administered drugs.

That study,

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Two New Studies on Hospital and Health Center Participation in 340B

Rush University Medical Center was included in a JAMA Internal Medicine study of what top hospitals charge commercial insurers for clinician-administered drugs.

A new research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine found substantial variation among 17 “top-performing” hospitals—14 of them enrolled in 340B—in what they charge commercial insurers for clinician-administered drugs.

Meanwhile, new research published in Journal of Healthcare Quality found that

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University White Paper on 340B Says Pharma and Hospitals Will Keep Testing 340B’s Bounds Until Congress Acts

Pharma and hospitals will keep testing the bounds of the 340B program until Congress steps in, a University of Southern California (USC) health policy research fellow predicts in a new white paper.

Drug manufacturers and hospitals “will likely continue to test the bounds” of the 340B program until Congress passes legislation addressing multiple concerns about it, a University of Southern California (USC) health policy research fellow says in a new white paper.

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Drug Manufacturers May Seek Orphan Designations to Avoid Paying 340B Discounts, HHS OIG Concludes

The 340B orphan drug exclusion incentivizes manufacturers to get orphan designations for drugs approved to treat common diseases or conditions, a new government report says.

The ban on 340B discounts on orphan drugs for rural and free-standing cancer hospitals may give drug companies a powerful incentive “to seek orphan designation for drugs approved to treat common diseases or conditions,” the U.S. Health and Human Services

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Managed Care Journal Article Gives 340B Hospitals Low Marks on Uncompensated Care

Researchers Sunita Desai (left) and J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., say they found no evidence that hospitals increased uncompensated care after entry into the 340B program any more than hospitals that never entered or had not yet entered the program.

Researchers who reported in 2018 that the 340B program leads to hospital-physician practice consolidation but probably not to better care or outcomes for low-income patients have released a new 340B study, this time on hospital provision of uncompensated care. The

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Cancer Drug Reimbursement Study Could Ramp Up Pressure on 340B Hospitals

A new study in Health Affairs could add to the squeeze on 340B hospitals’ margins on infused cancer drugs.

A new study in Health Affairs could add to the squeeze on 340B hospitals’ margins on infused cancer drugs.

The study by health economics and public health researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that prices paid

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340B Hospitals and Independent Oncologists Issue Dueling Reports on Drug Discount Program

340B hospitals and oncologists working in private practice have issued dueling reports about who profits unjustly in connection with the drug discount program.

Hospitals in the 340B program and oncologists working in private practice have issued dueling reports about who profits unjustly in connection with the drug discount program.

Hospital group 340B Health said its Sept. 15 report “finds the three major

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340B Hospitals Provide Almost $68 Billion Annually in Community Benefits, AHA Says

340B hospitals provided $67.9 billion in total community benefits in 2018, AHA reported yesterday.

Hospitals participating in the 340B program provided $67.9 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2018, the American Hospital Association (AHA) reported yesterday. Community benefits represented 13.7% of total 340B hospital expenses, the group said.

AHA broke out

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FQHCs Say Patients Will Suffer if Telehealth Flexibilities Aren’t Extended

NACHC says millions of health center patients could lose access to care if Congress and the Biden administration fail to extend telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Millions of community health center patients could lose access to care if Congress and the Biden administration fail to extend telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for audio-only telehealth, a new survey report warns.

The National Association of

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16 States Have Passed Laws Since 2019 Targeting PBMs’ 340B Payment Cuts

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A new tally of state laws and a new white paper are the latest signs of states' growing role in policing PBM efforts to ratchet down reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs. | Shutterstock

Sixteen states have passed laws since 2019 addressing pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against 340B covered entities, according to a draft summary of state action on the subject circulating among community health center advocates.

Meanwhile, two longtime 340B program policy

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