In a bipartisan spending agreement that was largely negotiated behind closed doors, Congress included a policy change with ...
This contributor column discusses a recent study that shows the 340B Program’s explosive growth is overwhelmingly due to utilization increases, not price. Payers have struggled with the increasing ...
For the 5,000 people in Illinois living with sickle cell disease, access to affordable medical care and life-saving treatments is necessary. Yet far too many still struggle to get the medications and ...
Some New Mexico hospitals and clinics may soon have a bitter pill to swallow as federal officials consider major changes to a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a recent opinion piece, it was suggested the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program is contributing to rising employer health-care ...
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 340B Drug Pricing Program allows certain medical facilities to buy drugs at a discount to support care for low-income patients. Rhode Island's new law, Chapter 288, prevents drug makers from ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with ...
(The Center Square) – Hospitals and clinics in Michigan participating in a federal drug discount program are marking up medications and shifting costs onto public employee health plans, according to a ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was originally constructed so safety-net health care facilities could stretch scarce resources in caring for low-income patients. However, the program has experienced ...