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Many Hospitals Receiving Discounted Drugs May Not Offer Patients Pharmaceutical Assistance

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Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires that pharmaceutical manufacturers give discounts on specified outpatient drugs to certain covered entities who typically serve low-income or otherwise underserved patients, including hospitals and clinics. billion and accounting for a third of U.S.

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NASHP Launches a New Public Health Modernization Project

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While these frameworks address public health modernization from different perspectives, each emphasizes the importance of building and sustaining partnerships with the health system, business leaders, faith-based leaders, and other community stakeholders in expanding access to critical preventive and health services.

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Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act Amended – Health Records Maintained by Qualifying Health Care Providers Must Be Stored in the U.S., U.S. Territories, and Canada Only

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CS/CS/SB 264 also amended Florida licensure requirements for qualifying health care providers, obligating licensees to comply with the amended requirements of the Act, particularly as related to the security and storage of personal medical information outside of U.S. its territories or Canada, effective July 1, 2023.

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NASHP Model Act to Limit Out-of-Network Provider Rates

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Department of Health & Human Services implementing Section 2718(e); (I) “Transparency in coverage laws” means 2715A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and Section 715 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and Section 9815 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and rules adopted by the U.S.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

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Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5 billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.[1] billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.”

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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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This separated spheres of authority vision does not account for the ubiquitous use of federal/state partnerships in achieving national and state policy goals, especially health policy goals. Yet, these laws have no federal alternative if states fail or if implementation is otherwise thwarted, say, by court order.

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CMS Releases Guidance on Implementation of Rebate Programs for Certain Medicare Part B and Part D Drugs

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All rebate payments will be deposited into the Medicare Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Is the Guidance Final or Open to Comment? Interestingly, the answer is – both. 9, 2023). [2]