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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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Leading Senator, Provider Groups Publish Dueling Reports on Nonprofit Hospitals

October 13, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and two hospital groups were at odds over whether nonprofit hospitals provide sufficient levels of community benefit.

A leading senator and two major hospital trade groups recently published conflicting reports on the level of community benefit that [...]

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Hospital Advocates Meet with Regulators on Lump Sum Rule

October 11, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Boris Bershteyn, an attorney representing AHA, will advocate for for changes in the 340B lump sum re-payment rule before federal regulators.

Two hospital advocacy groups are meeting with federal healthcare regulators to press their case for changes in the 340B lump [...]

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Rural Organizations, New Congressional Caucus Push 340B Provider Protections

October 11, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), a member of the recently formed House Rural Health Caucus, has said 340B provider protections are a key rural health priority.

Rural healthcare providers and members of a new bipartisan House rural health caucus are pushing Congress to enact 340B provider [...]

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As Medicare Lump Sum Payment Regulation Heads to Finish Line, Critics Weigh In

October 3, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

In response to the ongoing Change Healthcare cyberattack, CMS will direct contractors to provide some accelerated payments to hospitals.

The final rule to provide repayment to many 340B hospitals for five years of unlawful Medicare cuts entered the final [...]

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In Key 340B Patient Definition Case, Hospital Group Accuses Drugmakers of “Numerous Misstatements”

October 3, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Chief Judge R. Bryan Harwell of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina has not yet decided on 340B Health's request to file an amicus brief in a key 340B patient definition case.

A national hospital group has asked a federal district court for permission “to correct numerous misstatements” that it says drug [...]

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340B Health, Researchers Spar over Biosimilar Study

September 28, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Maureen Testoni, president and CEO of 340B Health, said she anticipates bipartisan legislation on drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

Researchers rejected criticism of a recent study in an academic journal they co-authored from the leader of a 340B hospital [...]

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Transparency, Patient Assistance Requirements Needed in 340B, Say Drugmaker-Backed Groups

September 28, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Justin Leventhal, a senior policy analyst for the American Consumer Institute, has advocated for more 340B transparency alongside other drugmaker-backed groups.

Amid ongoing congressional legislative proposals to boost transparency and other requirements for 340B hospitals, two advocacy groups that receive drugmaker [...]

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Senate Committee Rejects 340B Amendment to Bipartisan Health Bill

September 26, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate HELP committee, opposed an amendment that would implement 340B hospital verification requirements.

A Senate committee rejected an effort to add new 340B hospital verification requirements as part of a sweeping healthcare funding [...]

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