America’s Essential Hospitals and 340B Health yesterday denounced GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) new restrictions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) said this morning it will keep pushing for “much needed changes” to
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President Joe Biden and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra are scheduled to speak on Monday, Feb. 14, during the National Association of Community Health Centers’ Policy and Issues Virtual Forum, NACHC announced on Tuesday.
Securing Biden
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The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) told Republican members of Congress last week that “congressional action may be the only solution” to drug makers’ “aggressive actions to limit patients’ access to affordable medications at contract pharmacies.”
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340B program federal administrators told health care providers attending the 340B Coalition winter conference in San Diego today that they are behind them in the battle with drug manufacturers over accessing 340B pricing in the contract pharmacy setting.
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UPDATE Friday, Jan. 28, 2022—This story was updated to include comments by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA.)
340B hospitals “are losing significant resources” due to drug companies’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies, according
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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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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contacts yesterday that Tom Van Coverden, 74, hired by NACHC in 1975 and its leader for decades, has taken leave and been replaced by an interim president
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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.
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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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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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