Health Care System
Today鈥檚 Executive Order will allow health insurance plans that cover fewer benefits and offer fewer consumer protections. No one can predict future health care needs with complete certainty and such plans could put patients at risk when care is needed most.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a hearing examining how covered entities use the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Established by Congress in 1992, the program mandates that drug manufacturers provide outpatient drugs to eligible health care鈥
As Congress turns to tax reform, a new analysis prepared by Ernst & Young for the AHA finds that hospitals鈥 and health systems鈥 community benefit activities outweigh the value of their federal tax exemption by a factor of 11 to one. According to the report, non-profit hospitals in 2013, the鈥
The latest report from a group financed and backed by the pharmaceutical industry 鈥渃ontinues to misrepresent鈥 the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its 鈥渟uccessful 25-year history of helping hospitals stretch scarce financial resources to expand and improve access to lifesaving prescription drugs and鈥
The latest report from AIR340B, a group financed and backed by the pharmaceutical industry, continues to misrepresent a program with a successful 25-year history of helping hospitals stretch scarce financial resources to expand and improve access to lifesaving prescription drugs and comprehensive鈥
Fifty-seven senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to 鈥渃arefully consider stakeholder feedback鈥 before the agency finalizes its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 鈥淭he long-term success of the鈥
Fifty-seven senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to 鈥渃arefully consider stakeholder feedback" before the agency finalizes its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. "The long-term success of the 340B鈥
The 340B Drug Pricing Program 鈥渉as enabled hospitals and health systems to support and expand access and services consistent with their mission and the program鈥檚 original and ongoing charge,鈥 the AHA and Association of American Medical Colleges today told leaders of the House Energy and Commerce鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today officially withdrew its proposal to test new models for how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs provided in physician offices and hospital outpatient departments.