If HHS’ 340B rebate model pilot proceeds as planned, more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals will collectively be saddled with approximately $400 million in operational costs and 11.2 million labor burden ...
The 340B drug discount program incentivizes hospitals to purchase outpatient clinics and prescribe more and higher-cost drugs — behaviors that tend to increase costs for the federal government and ...
The rapid expansion of the federal 340B drug pricing program is significantly affecting Medicaid budgets, particularly in states where managed care plans oversee prescription drug benefits. New ...
Facilities and programs known as 340B-eligible "covered entities" routinely provide prescription drugs regardless of a patient's ability to pay. However, drugs purchased at 340B prices can be ...
The Trump administration is pushing significant changes to the healthcare status quo that it says will save money, improve oversight and make the $4.9 trillion sector more efficient. Many of the HHS’ ...
More than three decades ago, Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net hospitals and clinics expand resources and care for underserved communities. By requiring pharmaceutical companies to ...
Jeff Davis, a partner in the Washington, D.C., law office of Bass, Berry & Sims, advises healthcare organizations on Medicare and Medicaid billing and reimbursement issues, with a special focus on the ...
On April 28, AEI’s Kirsten Axelsen hosted the former North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley; Anthony DiGiorgio of the University of California, San Francisco; ...
It has been 30 years since the 340B drug pricing program became law. 340B is one of a series of policies that those of us serving in Congress at the time adopted to address the need for a robust ...
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to ...
Ryan Long, the co-author of a recent USC Schaeffer Center white paper on the 340B Drug Pricing Program, argues that meaningful reform requires shifting to a direct subsidy model based on need. The ...
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to ...