Drug Discount Monitor

The Inside Source on the Public Health Service 340B Drug Discount Program

Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access

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To better serve our readers, we’re now publishing articles in real time. Our goal is to bring you reports and analysis as news happens. We’ll also use the digital format to bring you more and better content. As a subscriber, you’ll receive periodic e-mails alerting you of our latest headlines.

Our former monthly print edition of the newsletter is now an enhanced quarterly publication that is published in connection with national conferences. This all-color print edition is a compilation of our best previously published online stories.

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Headlines

New! Apexus Gives $250K Grant to Patient Safety Initiative Backers

January 26, 2012 - 340B prime vendor contractor hopes to encourage more donations to PSPC Alliance. Read more

New! More Americans Lacked Health Coverage in 2011

January 25, 2012 - Young adults were the only major demographic to buck the trend, Gallup study finds. Read more

New! Will 340B Orphan Drug Final Rule Come Out in May?

January 24, 2012 - Projected timing of release appears in HHS regulatory agenda. Read more

OPA Begins Auditing 340B Providers

January 20, 2012 - Number and types of entities chosen for review is unclear. Read more

OPA Gives 340B Hospitals a Head's Up About Recertification

January 19, 2012 - Email reminds officials that failure to comply will lead to dismissal. Read more

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Growing More Reliant on 340B and Voluntary Rebates

January 13, 2012 - Dependence on 340B and supplemental rebates rises as government share of aid wanes. Read more

Reform-Driven 340B Expansion Has Slowed Considerably

January 11, 2012 - Only 66 sites were added this quarter, about half the number in Q4 2011. Read more

N.Y. 340B Providers Concerned About Rule on Billing Claims to Medicaid Managed Care

January 11, 2012 - "Impossible" requirement will force many to forgo drug discounts, they say. Read more

New Congressional Report Sites Manufacturing Problems as Primary Factor in Drug Shortages

December 23, 2011 - Watchdog Agency Does Not Focus On Prices. Read more

Hospitals Urge Sanofi to Reinstate Patient Assistance Program

December 23, 2011 - Free Clinics Also Express Concern. Read more