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340B Benefits Patients and Communities: Examples from the Frontlines
The 340B Drug Pricing Program helps ensure access to care for patients and communities most in need. A bipartisan effort by Congress in 1992 designed the program to protect hospitals from rising drug costs — a dynamic that continues to present major challenges today.
Amicus Briefs
The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.
Central Vermont Medical Center | Vermont
Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) erves a population of 66,000 and employs nearly 1,400 people in one of the most rural regions of the country. The not-for-profit community health care provider treats more than 25,000 patients through its Emergency Department, provides care to over 164,000 Vermonters in its 27 outpatient facilities, and performs over 3,000 outpatient surgeries annually.
AHA 340B Advocacy Alliance
A Bloomberg article published today (linked here and text below) discusses how the Department of Health and Human Services plans to “survey safety-net hospitals on the amount they pay for prescription drugs, following up on an effort to reduce the hospitals’ Medicare drug reimbursement during the president’s first term.”
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare | Missouri
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) has served the people of Missouri for over 50 years. Based in Clinton, Missouri, GVMH is the only hospital serving three rural counties between Kansas City and Springfield, covering an 80-mile radius.
Hospitals That Have Committed to the 340B Principles
To ensure good stewardship of the 340B program, hospitals participating in the program should structure hospital policies and practices to demonstrate their commitment. That demonstration of commitment includes sharing publicly how 340B savings are used to benefit the community, by, for example reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services for those in the community. The following hospitals have taken that commitment.
AHA files brief defending South Dakota’s 340B contract pharmacy law
The AHA May 14 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in defense of the state’s 340B contract pharmacy law prohibiting drug companies from denying hospitals the same 340B discounts for drugs dispensed at community pharmacies that would be provided via in-house pharmacies.
AHA, Others File Brief Defending South Dakota's 340B Contract Pharmacy Law
AHA, others files brief defending South Dakota's 340B contract pharmacy law.