Responding to an Arnold Ventures-backed opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine attacking tax-exempt hospitals and the 340B program, AHA General Counsel and Secretary Melinda Hatton says the authors’ disclosure form speaks volumes. “Specifically, that it is influenced by a shadowy organization with an obvious bias against hospitals. This article should be understood for what it is: just another attempt by a deep-pocketed organization with a biased agenda to attack hospitals.” READ MORE

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The AHA again is asking the Health Resources and Services Administration to take action after Eli Lilly warned hospitals that they could lose access to…
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The Washington Post yesterday published a letter to the editor from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responding to an April 18 editorial criticizing the 340B…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit April 9 affirmed rulings by a Mississippi district court that rejected requests by Novartis and PhRMA to enjoin…
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia March 31 vacated a Health Resources and Services Administration policy instituted in 2013 that restricted…