340B Drug Pricing Program
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) has served the people of Missouri for over 50 years. Based in Clinton, Missouri, GVMH is the only hospital serving three rural counties between Kansas City and Springfield, covering an 80-mile radius.
A Modern Healthcare analysis of 340B hospitals 鈥渟hould be viewed with the derision it deserves,鈥 writes AHA General Counsel & Secretary Melinda Hatton.
Modern Healthcare鈥檚 putative report on CMS鈥 340B remedy proposal is completely wrong and irresponsible for the following reasons. First, to buttress its conclusions the article relies on quotes from an academic whose 340B research is funded in whole or in part by an organization with an anti-鈥
AHA on July 21 submitted comments on how Congress can ensure that the 340B program continues to benefit patients and communities, while acting to prevent any cuts to the program that would jeopardize patient access to care.
For over 30 years, the 340B program has successfully allowed health care providers to stretch scarce federal resources to better serve their patients and communities, consistent with Congress鈥 objectives.
The CMS July 11 published its proposed rule regarding the remedy for the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System 340B Drug Payment Policy for calendar years (CY) 2018-2022.
Responding to an Arnold Ventures-backed opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine attacking tax-exempt hospitals and the 340B program, AHA General Counsel and Secretary Melinda Hatton says the authors鈥 disclosure form speaks volumes.
Since Baxter General Hospital was founded in 1963, it has served as a critical lifeline for residents in 11 counties across north-central Arkansas (AR) and south-central Missouri (MO).
A new opinion piece supported by Arnold Ventures and published in the New England Journal of Medicine is another unfair assault on the only sector in health care that routinely gives back so much more to their communities than they receive in tax relief.
The AHA on Wednesday, July 19 at 3 p.m. ET will host a call to provide member hospitals and health systems with an update on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 recent proposed rule that outlines its proposal to remedy hospitals for the agency鈥檚 unlawful policy that was unanimously鈥