This past September, a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) threatened to kick a pharmaceutical company out of Medicare because the company, in line with federal law, ...

In Washington, D.C., lawmakers are engaged in marathon talks about how to reduce health care costs. There haven’t been any ...

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In a letter last week, Johnson & Johnson informed certain hospitals of a major change it plans to make in the way it gives out discounts on two drugs. The company has found itself in opposition to ...

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 ...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to bring significant change to the healthcare industry, including the expansion of the Public Health Service Act Section 340B Program.

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program to provide ...

The 340B drug discount program would work better if the money followed the patient rather than going directly to hospitals, Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA, said Monday at an event on 340B sponsored by the ...

The 340B Drug Pricing Program helps poor states like Kentucky. Bigstock Senate Bill 14 in the ongoing Kentucky legislative session relates to the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. This program ...

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 ...