Category: Trade Association

Key Senator Says 340B Overhaul May Clear Congress in End-of-Year Package

April 18, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told hospital executives that 340B legislation could clear Congress as part of a broader healthcare package late this session.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who is spearheading a major bipartisan 340B reform package, told hospital executives Tuesday that 340B legislation [...]

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California Initiative Targeting Nation’s Largest HIV Provider Submits Enough Signatures to Qualify for Ballot

April 18, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Protect Patients Now gained the signatures necessary to qualify for a California ballot initiative on Medicaid that appears focused on one 340B provider.

Supporters recently submitted enough signatures to qualify for the ballot a California ballot initiative that aims to codify the governor’s [...]

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Virginia Legislature to Act This Week on Governor’s Amendment to 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill

April 16, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Tracy Douglas, CEO of the Virginia Community Healthcare Association, said she hopes that the Virginia legislature rejects Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) changes to a 340B contract pharmacy access bill.

Virginia legislators will soon act on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) proposed amendment to a 340B contract pharmacy access bill when [...]

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Hospitals Raise Concerns on Biden Drug Shortage Proposal

April 9, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

HHS recently released a proposal to address drug shortages with measures focused on both hospitals and drug manufacturers.

While the Biden administration’s proposal to address drug shortages does not exempt certain drug products from 340B pricing like the [...]

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340B Stakeholders Clash on Patient Definition, 340B Spending Requirements in Comments on Senate ‘Group of Six’ Draft Overhaul

April 4, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Advocacy groups for providers and drugmakers had diverging views in their comments on a draft Senate 340B overhaul.

Stakeholders disagreed on whether Congress should codify a new 340B patient definition or restrict how providers use 340B savings, in [...]

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Estimated 340B Revenue Exceeded Charity Care Spending for 85% of DSH Hospitals, Says Pharma-backed Group

April 2, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

340B revenue exceeds charity care spending for most DSH hospitals, said a report from drug industry-backed AIR340B.

Eighty-five percent of DSH hospitals earned more in estimated 340B revenue in 2022 than they incurred in charity care costs, [...]

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As Deadline Approaches, First Stakeholders Respond to Senate Group of Six Draft 340B Overhaul

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The deadline for stakeholders to respond to the bipartisan senate "group of six" 340B draft 340B overhaul is April 1.

Less than four days remain for stakeholders to comment on the highly anticipated bipartisan senate draft 340B program overhaul, and [...]

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340B Small Share of Drugmaker Revenue, Says Hospital-Backed Report

March 14, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

340B drug discounts only amounted to a small percentage of total drugmaker revenue, a hospital-funded study found.

Despite the increase in the amount of 340B program drug discounts, those only amounted to 3.1% of global and 7% [...]

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

March 14, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

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

March 12, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

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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