AHA Asks Congress to Attach 340B Hospital Protections to Must-Pass Spending Bill

The House Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on July 10.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday asked U.S. House and Senate party leaders to ensure that a must-pass spending bill next month protects hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the

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News Alert: NACHC Long-Time Leader Van Coverden Takes Leave, Could Augur Generational Change

NACHC informed health center stakeholders last night that its long-time leader Tom Van Coverden (left) has taken leave. NACHC Senior Vice President for Western Operations Rachel Gonzalez-Hanson has been appointed NACHC's interim president and CEO.

The National Association of Community Health Centers said in an email to its contacts yesterday that Tom Van Coverden, 74, hired by NACHC in 1975 and its leader for decades, has taken leave and been replaced by an interim president

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340B-Related Conference Organizers Readjust as COVID-19 Persists

The Marriott Marquis San Diego is the venue for both the 340B Coalition 2022 winter conference and the preceding 340B University educational program.

The 340B Coalition, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, decided Tuesday to give registrants for its upcoming Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 winter conference in San Diego, Calif., the option of attending in person or remotely via an online portal.

Apexus,

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PhRMA Says More than Half of Pharmacy and Provider Profits on Brand Drug Sales Come Through 340B

PhRMA says 52% of U.S. pharmacies and health care providers profits' from reimbursement for administering brand-name prescription drugs now comes through participation in the 340B program. The AHA calls the finding an example of drug companies deflecting attention away from the high prices they set.

More than half (52%) of the $81 billion that U.S. pharmacies and health care providers collected in 2020 in reimbursement from payers for brand-name prescription drugs came through pharmacy and provider participation in the 340B program, up from 14% of

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Citing Omicron Wave, 340B Coalition Weighs Making Winter Conference a Hybrid Live/Virtual Event

Citing concerns about COVID-19's Omicron variant, the 340B Coalition is considering turning its Jan. 31–Feb. 2 in-person winter conference into a hybrid in-person/virtual event.

The 340B Coalition said yesterday it is “actively exploring the potential for a hybrid [winter 2022] conference that would allow attendance in-person or virtually for those that cannot attend in-person.”

The coalition, composed of 13 groups that represent 340B covered

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More Than 850 Hospitals Ask Feds to Appeal Judge’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling

850+ hospitals in the 340B program sent the HHS secretary a letter yesterday asking the government to appeal a judge’s 340B contract pharmacy ruling.

Just over 850 hospitals in the 340B program asked the federal government yesterday to appeal a judge’s Nov. 5 ruling that halted enforcement actions against two drug companies that deny 340B pricing when hospitals and others use contract pharmacies. They

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Provider Groups Pan Lilly’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy Change

Groups representing health care providers have panned Lilly's recent 340B contract pharmacy policy change.

Groups representing 340B health centers, Ryan White clinics, and hospitals panned drug manufacturer Lilly’s recent decision to amend its prohibition on 340B pricing when providers use contract pharmacies to dispense drugs to patients.

Lilly told drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen on

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HIV Care Providers Sound Alarm About Threats to 340B Savings

HIV care professionals are raising an alarm about threats to 340B savings and their consequences for patient care.

HIV care professionals are warning the public that threats to 340B drug discount savings “will compromise access to affordable care, treatment, and prevention services for underserved people with and at risk for HIV.”

The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the

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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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340B Coalition Says It Will Hold 2022 Winter Conference in-Person

The 340B Coalition is holding its 2022 winter conference in person in San Diego.

The 340B Coalition announced Tuesday that its annual winter conference will be held in person Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2022, in San Diego. Its last, pre-pandemic in-person conference was Feb. 10-12, 2020, also in San Diego.

Apexus, the 340B

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