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Tag Archives: 340B Program Integrity
ICYMI: The Hill Op-ed on Ending 340B Abuse
Writing in The Hill today, Ellen Weaver of the Palmetto Promise Institute and Lindsay Boyd of The Beacon Center of Tennessee call upon Congress to reform the 340B program, created by Congress more than two decades ago. The program aimed to help low-income and uninsured patients afford prescription medications. Qualified hospitals – originally, 90 truly charitable hospitals serving large at-risk populations – received large discounts on the medications they purchased. But, there was one loophole Read More >
Report Finds Increasing Number of 340B Hospitals Provide Minimal Charity Care
A new report released yesterday by the Alliance for Integrity and Reform of 340B (AIR340B), of which BIO is a member, found a dramatic decline in charity care provided by 340B hospitals in 2014, which was the first year of coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The report found that over a third (37 percent) provided charity care representing less than 1 percent of total patient costs – far higher than the 24 percent Read More >
BIO to Labor/HHS: Increase Funding for Critical Public Health Programs
BIO sent a letter to appropriators to encourage support for programs and initiatives that are of great importance to the American public and the advancement of public health, and that will help meet our nation’s unmet medical needs. Specifically, we request the following: National Institutes of Health (NIH): We request that the Committee provide NIH with at least $32 billion. Since the doubling of the NIH funding between 1998 and 2003, funding has failed to Read More >
