29 Sep Letter from Members of Congress to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Posted on September 29, 2017
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26 Sep Minnesota’s Largest Newspaper Explores How CMS Proposed Rule Would Hurt 340B Hospitals and Patients
Posted on September 26, 2017
"A drug discount program that helps safety net providers save millions could be significantly weakened under new regulations proposed by the Trump administration. Apart from looking at higher drug costs, hospitals and clinics say the biggest hit will come to programs and services for low-income or...
25 Sep Letter: AHA Opposes Further Delay of HRSA’s Final Ruling On 340B
Posted on September 25, 2017
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22 Sep The Hill: Rural hospitals are already struggling to keep their doors open
Posted on September 22, 2017
"The area I represented in Congress is the most rural in America. It spans hundreds of square miles in south and west Texas. Some towns were almost four hours from the nearest airport. In others, it might take law enforcement two hours to respond to...
06 Sep Should congress be more concerned about direct pharmaceutical ads to consumers or changing 340B Drug Discount Program that supports healthcare for many?
Posted on September 06, 2017
"Television is overly populated with ads for various pharmaceutical products and I'm SICK of it. (Is there a drug for that?) Viewers cannot watch more than 15 minutes of television without medicine being peddled for a pernicious or deadly condition with a pharmaceutical solution. 'FOR PEOPLE...
05 Sep Rural Hospitals have a life line for survival, it is a little-known drug discount program called 340B
Posted on September 05, 2017
"When I think of eastern Oklahoma, I think of some of the most beautiful lakes in the country and the busy summertime towns. During my time as a medical professional and chief medical officer of the Northeastern Oklahoma Community Health Centers (NeoHealth), I've come to...
05 Sep Former Member of Congress educates on the value of 340B to Rural America
Posted on September 05, 2017
"Americans pay some of the world’s highest prices for pharmaceuticals. According to one study, it’s often two to six times more than the prices elsewhere. And drug-makers want to keep it that way. The companies blame high domestic prices on our federal regulations — which...
05 Sep Opinion: Proposal to Raid Drug Discount Funds from Hospitals Must Be Stopped
Posted on September 05, 2017
This summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule for outpatient care that would slash payments for drugs to certain health care providers who qualify for the 340B Drug Discount Program (which is named for a section of the Public...
31 Aug 340B Informed: 340B Hospitals Resilient as Hurricane Batters Texas and Louisiana
Posted on August 31, 2017
"340B Health, the association of hospitals and health systems in the 340B drug discount program, expresses solidarity with its roughly 50 member hospitals in Texas and Louisiana and their staffs, families, and patients as they cope with the destruction and flooding wrought by Hurricane Harvey. Texas...
22 Aug Modern Healthcare: Influential advisory panel asks CMS to reject $1.65 billion cuts to 340B
Posted on August 22, 2017
"A panel that advises HHS on outpatient hospital payments wants the CMS to drop a draft rule that could cut up to $1.65 billion out of the 340B discount drug program. On Monday, the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment asked the CMS to rescind its...
