U.C. Berkeley Researcher Proposes 340B Be Limited to the Indigent or that Providers Pass on their Discounts to Insurance Industry

Dr. James Robinson, a health economist at University of California at Berkley, criticized hospitals’ “buy and bill” drug acquisition process.
A University of California at Berkeley academic is proposing a series of major reforms to the 340B discount drug program [...]

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As Conservative Media Campaign Continues, Hospital Group Demands Removal of Ads Linking 340B to Illegal Immigration

A 340B hospital trade group demanded local stations remove a dark money ad that links the 340B program to immigration growth.
A national hospital advocacy group “insists” multiple television stations remove a dark money group’s political ads alleging federal funding for [...]

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Hospital Groups Slam AbbVie in Legal Battle Over Louisiana’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

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Hospital groups urged a federal district court to dismiss drugmaker AbbVie's lawsuit against Lousiana's 340B contract pharmacy law.
The drugmakers that sued to block Louisiana’s 340B contract pharmacy law “want to have their cake and eat it too,” [...]

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CMS Directs Contractors to Provide Accelerated Payments as Part of Change Healthcare Cyber Attack Response

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In response to the ongoing Change Healthcare cyberattack, CMS will direct contractors to provide some accelerated payments to hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will direct Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) to provide some accelerated payments to [...]

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Dark Money Group Ominously Warns That 340B Used to ‘Launder Your Money,’ Contributes to Immigration Crisis

A 340B hospital trade group demanded local stations remove a dark money ad that links the 340B program to immigration spending.
Building America’s Future, a nonprofit advocacy group that previously focused on trade, infrastructure, and tobacco issues, recently pushed into drug [...]

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HRSA Lacks Authority to Reverse 340B Child Site Registration Policy, Hospital Group Tells Court

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A hospital association asked the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia to side with more than 40 health systems that sued federal regulators over a hospital registration policy change.
A 340B hospital association this week asked a federal court to bar, without a full trial, federal regulators from reversing [...]

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Amid Double Digit 2023 Growth in 340B, NACHC Urges Federal Over State Reform

Vacheria Keys, director of regulatory affairs at NACHC, said the organization was focused on comprehensive federal 340B reform.
Unreleased figures show “double digit growth again for the 340B program” in 2023, the leader of the 340B prime vendor [...]

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AIDS Group Protests Health Center-Drug Industry Alliance Outside NACHC Policy Forum

AHF protested NACHC's partnership with drug industry advocates outside of a health center policy forum in Washington, D.C.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) staged a protest over the partnership between health centers and drug industry advocates outside a [...]

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PhRMA Washington Post Advertorial Highlights Data Critical of 340B Program

A pharmaceutical industry advertorial in the Washington Post questioned whether the 340B program benefited hospital patients.
The leading advocacy group for pharmaceutical manufacturers recently published an advertorial in the Washington Post that highlights a range of [...]

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