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Friday, November 4th marks 30 years since Congress passed legislation codifying the 340B Drug Pricing Program in 1992, naming it after a section of the Public Health Service Act. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created to assist safety-net providers, like Community Health Centers, “to stretch scarce Federal resources as far as possible, reaching more …
Without 340B savings, the health center’s many services that expand access to care — like free prescription deliveries — would be in jeopardy of being rolled back or discontinued.
El Rio has been able to further expand their services and enhance the quality of care for their patients because of the 340B drug pricing program.
There is much that is unknown, misunderstood, and even misconstrued about health center pharmacy programs and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
While other health care related issues have certainly taken up much of the space on Congress’ agenda over the past year, the 340B program can be added to the list of issues at which Congress has taken a closer look at over the past several months. A case in point is the House Energy and Commerce …
By NACHC Federal Affairs Staff On Tuesday, President Trump released his FY18 budget proposal, which reflects the administration’s priorities for federal spending in the upcoming fiscal year. The President’s budget is a blueprint for national priorities, which is then submitted to Congress. Ultimately, it will be Congress that makes the final budget decisions during the …
By: Susan Sumrell This week HRSA’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs emailed health centers to let them know that the 340B Recertification process for health centers will begin January 2013. This recertification process is one of the step in OPA’s plan to strengthen 340B program integrity. OPA notes in its email that It is the responsibility …
New Information on 340B By Susan Sumrell We have several new important tidbits on the 340B Program that we wanted to make you all aware of. Check them out below. Online Covered Entity Request Forms Last week HRSA’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs announced that it will now be accepting covered entity requests online. This …
By: Susan Sumrell NACHC has just completed two papers on the Section 340B drug discount program that will be of value to PCAs and health centers. The first document is called Understanding the 340B Program: A Primer for Health Centers. It contains a great deal of current information on the operation of, and issues concerning, …