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340B Hospitals Charge Higher Commercial Insurance Prices, Says PhRMA Funded Report

November 9, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Neil Masia, Ph.D., authored a Health Capital Group report that found 340B hospitals charge higher commercial insurance prices than non-340B hospitals.

The average hospital in the 340B program charges commercial insurers more than non-340B hospitals, according to a new report, which [...]

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Indiana Health Care Leaders Call for 340B Transparency in Op-Ed

November 9, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Two Indiana Health Center leaders—TJ Warren (left) and Ben Harvey (right)—called for greater 340B program transparency in a recent op-ed.

The CEOs of an Indiana-based community health center and a primary care association recently wrote an op-ed that called for [...]

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Senate Finance Committee Republicans Oppose CMS Plan to Redefine Medicaid Best Price

November 7, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

A group of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have called on CMS to withdraw its plan to rewrite the definition of Medicaid best price.

A group of Senate Republicans recently urged federal regulators to withdraw a plan to change the definition of a drug’s [...]

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Drug Industry Pushes Federal Court to Block Louisiana’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Without Trial

November 7, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

PhRMA has asked a federal district judge to block Louisiana's 340B contract pharmacy law, Act 358, which took effect Aug. 1.

An influential drug industry trade group recently urged a federal judge to rule on its suit against Louisiana’s 340B contract [...]

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340B Lobbying Still on Track for Record Year

November 2, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Darbin Wofford, a health policy advisor at Third Way, said his organization is urging Congressional Democrats to adopt 340B program reforms.

Lobbying on 340B issues in 2023 remains on track for a record-breaking year, according to recently released congressional lobbying reports. [...]

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340B Program May Lead to Lower Charity Care, Says Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group

November 2, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Brandon Macsata, CEO of ADAP Advocacy, said the group plans to publish data from its ongoing study on the 340B program later this year.

Enrollment in the 340B program was linked to diminished spending on charity care, according to preliminary findings from an ongoing [...]

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340B Hospitals’ Community Benefit Surges in 2020, Says Hospital-Backed Report

October 31, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

The American Hospital Association published a study that found 340B hospitals' community benefit increased significantly in 2020.

The community benefits provided by 340B hospitals surged by $16.5 billion, or 24%, in the latest year analyzed by a [...]

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340B Provider-Genentech Lobbying Group Boosts Spending, Adds Members

October 26, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

More than 360 firms reported lobbying on the 340B program between July 1 and Sept. 30.

Genentech, Sanford Health, and Carolina Health Centers’ 340B reform group, 340B Working Table, spent $110,000 on lobbying and gained eight [...]

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Rural Providers Urge Congress to Extend Pandemic-Era 340B Eligibility Exemptions

October 19, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital is part of a coalition of rural providers pushing Congress to extend a 2022 340B eligibility waiver.

More than 400 hospitals risk losing 340B eligibility if Congress does not extend exemptions authorized during the public health emergency [...]

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Most 340B DSH Hospitals Provide Below-Average Charity Care, Says Analysis Backed by Critics

October 19, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Bob Dold, a spokesperson for AIR340B, said the 340B program "has not translated into a stronger safety-net” after a drug industry backed analysis found 340B DSH hospitals provide below-average charity care.

The majority of 340B disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) provide charity care at lower rates than the national hospital average, found [...]

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