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January 29, 2010 - After more than a decade at the Office of Pharmacy Affairs, Jimmy Mitchell is leaving his job as the 340B program’s main caretaker. At 68, Mitchell plans to address health issues and to spend more time with his growing family. Read more
January 29, 2010 - Santa Clara’s legal challenge against 12 manufacturers continues to bounce between the courts. The drug makers filed another appeal to bar discovery of their proprietary pricing data. Read more
January 19, 2010 - The stakes are high for 340B providers and drug makers alike. Will the proposal to extend the 340B program to the inpatient hospital setting survive the latest industry lobbying blitz? Read more
January 14, 2010 - A multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories and Fournier, a French drug maker, covers 340B hospitals in two states. Read more
January 7, 2010 - Safety-net hospital pharmacies cheered when the Senate included a measure to extend the 340B discount to the hospital inpatient side in the health reform bill passed Dec. 24. But will the provision make it into Congress’ final reform bill to be crafted over the next few weeks? Read more
December 24, 2009 - Seventeen years into the 340B program, there’s ample confusion over how participating providers should bill Medicaid for drugs, a recent survey shows. SNHPA has asked the government to educate states on the matter. Read more
December 23, 2009 - Manufacturers must pay retroactive rebates to the government on drugs filled by TRICARE pharmacies, a federal judge ruled. For 340B providers it should mean business as usual. Read more
December 1, 2009 - The Drug Discount Monitor is now producing an enhanced print edition four times a year. It's replacing our old monthly edition. Read more
December 1, 2009 - The government has been stepping up enforcement actions against Medicaid fraud in recent years, but new cases keep cropping up. Why aren’t drug companies learning the lesson? Read more
December 1, 2009 - A proposal to extend the 340B discount to the hospital inpatient setting survived the latest Senate health care reform bill. But the game isn’t over. Read more
