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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. Explore the research at PHLR.org.

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340B Court Cases

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The Public Health Service Act ( PHSA ) in 1992, created a program to allow hospitals providing care for underserved communities to be able to access discounted drugs. Novartis Pharmaceutics v Espinoza. ” Sanofi-Aventis v US Department of Health and Human Services. While the Novartis v.

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History and Future of the “ISPOR Value Flower”

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The paper begins by comparing the ISPOR value flower against the recommendations from the Second Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. The ISPOR Value Flower focused almost exclusively on pharmaceuticals whereas the Second Panel considered interventions more generally. Intervention types.

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Reasonable Pricing Clauses: A First Step Toward Ensuring Taxpayers a Fair Return on their Public R&D Investment

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Pressure from Senator Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee seems to have catalyzed the administration to make this move. pharmaceutical market. Federal support by BARDA and the CDC have de-risked the development of medical products for the pharmaceutical industry.

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State Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Behavioral Health Workforce

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Among several behavioral health workforce supports included in the bill, ARPA authorizes $100 million for behavioral health workforce and education training for educational institutions through the Public Health Service Act and establishes a 10% increase in federal matching funds for state Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS).

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Medicare moving to reference pricing?

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price for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), DoD, the Public Health Service, and the Coast Guard] U.S. These include: (i) Medicaid best price, (ii) Federal supply schedule (FSS) price, and (iii) Big Four price [i.e.,

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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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3] Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for many uninsured and low-income patients. 9, 2023). [2]