On April 1, 2021, the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) will be transitioning all Medi-Cal pharmacy benefits from managed care to fee-for-service (“FFS”). This new system to administer FFS pharmacy...more
1/12/2021
/ Drug Pricing ,
Executive Orders ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Governor Newsom ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medi-Cal ,
Medicaid ,
PACE ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements ,
Section 340B ,
Skilled Nursing Facility
Information Collection Request. On November 27, 2019, 340B Health, a nonprofit membership organization comprised of hospitals and health systems that participate in the federal 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”),...more
12/13/2019
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Collection ,
Drug Pricing ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Information Requests ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B
If you overheard Medicaid providers breathe audible sighs of relief on April Fool’s Day, it may be because on April 1, 2019, the Health Resources & Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services...more
4/25/2019
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
HRSA ,
Manufacturers ,
Medicaid ,
OIG ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B ,
Transparency ,
Websites
On December 27, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion that ruled against the Trump Administration in its plan to cut funding from the 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B...more
1/15/2019
/ American Hospital Association ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B ,
Trump Administration