The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC) has scheduled a public meeting for November 13, 2019, 8:30…
This week, RWC-340B member Cempa Community Care was awarded the Times Free Press Champions of Health Care – Community Outreach Award. Cempa is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and offers a…
In June 2018, Genesis Health Care, Inc., an FQHC in South Carolina, filed a lawsuit challenging its removal from the 340B program. HRSA removed Genesis from the 340B program following…
On July 9, 2019, HRSA issued an Information Collection Request (ICR) announcing that it would be embarking on a two year study entitled, “Assessing Care and Health Outcomes Among RWHAP…
On Thursday, July 25, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve a wide-ranging drug pricing bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019. The bill seeks to…
A study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Mental Health (both within the National Institutes of Health) found that peer-to-peer engagement helped…
On July 10, 2019, Judge Rudolph Contreras issued a memorandum opinion explaining his decision to issue a final order in the lawsuit challenging the nearly 30% reimbursement cut for Medicare…
On July 8, 2019, a federal judge in the U.S. District for the District of Columbia struck down the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) final rule that…
In a significant reversal of course, on Thursday, July 11, the White House announced that it was withdrawing a proposed rule by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…
On July 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report which found that the Medicare program lost out on over…