Pharmaceutical Pricing

HHS Guidance Clarifies Use of Contract Pharmacies in 340B Program

January 4, 2021 - New guidance from HHS has clarified that hospitals and other covered entities in the 340B Drug Pricing Program are entitled to discounts for covered outpatient drugs even if they use contract pharmacies to distribute the drugs to patients. Drug manufacturers are “obligated to deliver its covered outpatient drugs to” contract pharmacies...


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Hospital Drug Spending to Increase 3.59%, Vizient Estimates

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospital drug spending will increase by 3.59 percent through next year, indicating a “continuation of the sustained modest growth” observed over the last several years, according to the...