340B Annual Recertification For STD, TB and Title X Grantees In Process
The 340B annual recertification period for STD, TB and Title X grantees started on May 13, 2019 and ends on June 10, 2019. Recertification must be completed through the 340B…
May 9 House E&C Health Subcommittee hearing
On Thursday May 9, 2019 the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee held a hearing on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: Deconstructing the Drug Supply Chain. In the latter half…
Final Rule Will Require Drug Manufacturers to Disclose Prices in TV Advertisements
Earlier today, HHS issued a Final Rule that will require pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost (“WAC”) in direct-to-consumer TV advertisements for all Medicare and Medicaid covered drugs. …
Court Holds 2019 Reimbursement Cuts for 340B Drugs Unlawful; Remands to HHS for Remedy for 2018 and 2019
On May 6, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that CMS acted outside its statutory authority in adopting an almost 30% reimbursement cut for Medicare…
HRSA Adopts New RSR Requirements to Include Data on Services Funded by Program Income
HRSA announced changes to the 2019 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services Report (RSR) to require data on patients whose services are funded through Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) program income…
340B Hospitals Provide More Care to Underserved Populations Than Non-340B Providers
A report prepared for 340B Health and published by L&M Policy Research shows that 340B hospitals care for a greater proportion of the underserved and low-income patient population than non-340B…
HRSA Launches 340B Ceiling Price Website
On April 1, 2019, HRSA launched its secure pricing component of the 340B OPAIS. This long overdue website allows safety-net providers access to a database of 340B ceiling prices. The…
RWC-340B Fly-in, April 16, 2019
RWC-340B will be scheduling Hill visits for members that are traveling to DC to attend SYNChronicity 2019. RWC-340B Hill visits will take place Tuesday, April 16, from about 1:00pm to…
Guidance on Purchase of Mobile Vans with Program Income
You will probably recall that Powers asked the HRSA HIV/HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) for guidance recently on whether Ryan White program income may be used to purchase mobile vans to be…
2018 National Ryan White Conference
RWC-340B was proud to exhibit at the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment last week in Washington, DC. This was the first year that RWC-340B exhibited…