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340B Insight

340B Health

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340B Insight provides members and supporters of 340B Health with timely updates and discussions about the 340B drug pricing program. The podcast helps listeners stay current with and learn more about 340B to help them serve their patients and communities and remain compliant. We publish new episodes twice a month, with news reports and in-depth interviews with leading health care practitioners, policy and legal experts, public policymakers, and our expert staff.
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JAMA Health Forum is a peer-reviewed, open-access JAMA Network journal focused on health policy. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports, and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity, and reform. The podcast highlights new articles and their authors as well as the latest news in health policy for a broad audience interested in improving health and health c ...
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TKG PACT Executive Briefings - 3-Minute Market Insights

The Kinetix Group, Powered by Petauri

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Welcome to the TKG PACT Executive Briefing, where in 3-minutes we highlight healthcare’s critical market access issues, policies, challenges, or trends. This resource offers condensed, 3-minute episodes of market insights. Our passion is on achieving the Quintuple Aim of enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, improving the work life of health care providers and staff., and enhancing health equity in all aspects of care delivery. I’m Dr. Warren Smedley, tha ...
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Complications: Health Policy Unraveled

McGuireWoods Consulting

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Tired of being baffled by healthcare policy? McGuireWoods Consulting presents Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, your solution to the policy puzzle. With our host, Stephanie Kennan, discover the ins and outs of healthcare policy and gain insights crucial for providers and investors. Let's simplify the complex together. Follow us in your favorite podcast app and never miss a healthcare update by subscribing to host and JD Supra’s #1 healthcare author Stephanie Kennan’s Washington Healthc ...
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Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals has been created by K&L Gates to convey information about developments in health law through short podcasts. If you work in the health care industry, you have grown accustomed to frequent changes in laws and regulations. On some days, it may seem like an insurmountable task to keep up with every change, especially as a new presidential administration and new policies take shape. The K&L Gates Health Care practice will regularly c ...
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A revolution in the use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health issues experienced a setback in early August when the FDA declined to approve MMDA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Host Stephanie Kennan provides important context to the FDA’s decision, which came as the agency has faced criticism for approving therapies without…
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Send us a Text Message. Provider Insights on the Impact of 340B Pricing. We frequently get asked for insights on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program may... or may not... be impacting the prescribing choices of participating covered entities. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administers this federal program which is intended to …
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This marks the time of year when 340B hospitals complete the recertification process to maintain their eligibility for 340B. But why is this recertification needed, and what do hospitals need to know before undergoing recertification? Steven Miller, the vice president of pharmacy services for 340B Health, describes what is at stake when it comes to…
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Congress is teeing up discussions on a controversial issue that strikes at the heart of the Medicare system: how physicians are paid. Lawmakers are weighing changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the first time since 2015, and host Stephanie Kennan lays out the landscape. She provides background on the pay schedule, describes reforms un…
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Send us a text Today’s topic is the The Federal NOPAIN Act. The Federal “Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act” (or, the “NOPAIN Act”), Senate bill S.586, was signed into law in December 2022. It takes effect this coming January as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 OPPS proposed rule. The NOPAIN Act directs CMS t…
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Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in 2024. Discussions about AI in health care continue to grow, including about the potential for such technology to improve care and save lives. What role might AI play in the 340B world? We speak with WVU Medicine Enterprise 340B Program Coordinator Elizabeth Gibson to learn how one health system is exploring…
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“Site-neutral” is a short name for a proposal that has bipartisan interest in Congress, but is being fiercely fought by hospitals. Host Stephanie Kennan explores the divisive issue of site-neutral payment reform, an approach to healthcare spending that would align Medicare payments for outpatient services across care settings. Amid growing bipartis…
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AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, shares highlights from the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting in an interview hosted by JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. John and Melinda then discuss key findings from 4 highly rated abstracts presented at the meeting that were published concurre…
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Send us a text The High-Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework. The High-Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework is a collection of evidence-based and expert recommended best practices designed to enhance health system pharmacy operations by ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centered medication management throughout the health-system pharmacy enterpri…
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We have released several episodes in recent months in which we have discussed federal and state legislative efforts on 340B. But what does it take to get 340B protections through a state legislature and to the governor’s desk? In this episode, we speak with Ryan Cross, vice president of governmental affairs with Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady …
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Send us a text Introduction to Targeted Therapies: Monoclonal Antibodies Targeted Therapy is the foundation of Precision Medicine. Targeted therapy is a type of personalized treatment that targets specific proteins that control how cells grow, divide, and spread. Antibodies are produced naturally by our body and help the immune system recognize cel…
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While significant 340B actions have happened at the federal level, state legislatures also have made big moves in the world of 340B so far this year. We are joined by Amanda Sellers Smith, 340B Health’s legal counsel, to explain more. More states ban drug company restrictions on 340B contract pharmacies Following the lead of Arkansas and Louisiana,…
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been under scrutiny since COVID-19, so it is not surprising that members of Congress have released NIH reform initiatives. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan provides a summary of NIH reform recommendations, starting with the white paper released by Republican…
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“The 340B Drug Discount Program is the second largest government pharmaceutical program based on net drug spending and is only behind Medicare Part D. It's been the subject of a lot of legislation and hearings in Congress because of its growth and because of the confusion over contract pharmacies.” In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Un…
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Send us a text All 50 states now allow pharmacists and physicians to enter into Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs) in which one or more pharmacists establish a formal relationship with a prescriber, in which the prescriber can delegate specific tasks to a pharmacist under negotiated conditions, which would not otherwise be permitted under the…
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The world of 340B has seen significant developments on the state and national levels in recent months. A second federal appeals court decision on 340B contract pharmacies came down in recent weeks, a new bill in Congress threatens to impose significant restrictions on hospital participation in 340B program, and more states move to protect covered e…
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More than 50 million adults in the US are eligible to vote but not registered. Alister F. Martin, MD, MPP, of Harvard University, and Katherine McCabe, PhD, of Rutgers University speak with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, about a program to register new voters in health care settings that has e…
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In 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments related to Medicare’s Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments. Now that issue is before the court again. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses an upcoming SCOTUS case involving hospitals and the Department of Health and Human Servic…
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Send us a text When a physician prescribes an expensive specialty medication for a patient, the traditional distribution process was for the provider to purchase the medication, administer it to the patient, and then bill the insurance company for the drug. This “buy-and-bill” process has been utilized for many years. In recent years, and to help c…
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The finalized 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) rule is set to go into effect on June 18 and will create a process to settle certain disputes between covered entities and drug manufacturers. But what should covered entities know about this process before it launches? Jason Reddish, a 340B expert with the Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville he…
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We're back for another episode centered on medical research here at Howard Brown Health. How does it happen and what are we working on? To learn more about research, visit our website. You can visit medicaltrials.gov to learn more about what medical trials are on-going and if you might qualify.द्वारा Howard Brown Health
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Medicaid is complicated. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the newly finalized regulations concerning Medicaid, specifically as they pertain to the Managed Care Rule. These new regulations aim to increase transparency and improve access in states' Medicaid programs. Key points discussed inclu…
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The Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) recently released new guidelines that will affect the Medicare drug price negotiation process beginning in 2026. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan provides a summary of the new CMS guidelines, including the new requirements for drug manufacturers and Pa…
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Hospitals throughout the U.S. use their 340B savings in innovative ways to care for their patients in need. In some cases, they can take that care outside the walls of the hospital to meet patients where they learn, live, and play. We speak with Heather Armstrong with Comanche County Medical Center in central Texas to tell us how her health system …
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Send us a text Laboratory Benefit Managers have emerged over the past decade to fill the need to manage complex and expensive laboratory testing for payers. They have become the new Precision Medicine Gatekeepers. Results from over 14 billion diagnostic tests are estimated to influence 70% of today’s clinical decisions. It’s estimated that there is…
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Send us a Text Message. The term therapeutic inertia describes the failure of health care providers to initiate or intensify therapy when it is clearly indicated by established guidelines. The term has largely been applied to the management of blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol, by primary care physicians who recognize the need for their …
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JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, speaks with Kelsey M. Owsley, PhD, of the University of Arkansas, and Sayeh Nikay, PhD, MPH, of the University of Minnesota, about how the 340B drug discount program influences the services offered by public and nonprofit hospitals. They also discuss new state policies and proposed federal policies to…
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Recently, some consumers have found that their health plans had been changed without their knowledge, impacting their coverage and their finances. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan explores unauthorized plan switching related to Affordable Care Act health plans. Consumers are being unknowingly switched…
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Take a deep dive with us about the 340B Federal Funding Program, what it does, why it matters, and how our Diabetes Care Team navigate it! Find your elected officials here. Learn more about the Diabetes Care Team here. Learn about the Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy.द्वारा Howard Brown Health
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340B savings can help hospitals and other covered entities better serve patients and improve their health outcomes. But how can these entities make the best use of 340B funds for their institutions? We sat down with Matt Webber, director of pharmacy business at Novant Health based in North Carolina, to learn more. 340B optimization strategies One w…
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Send us a text Since 2016, 13 states have passed Drug Price Transparency Laws focused on enabling state policymakers to understand opaque drug pricing and payment systems to formulate policy solutions to high prices, while also creating the data infrastructure to realize those policy solutions. Most of these state programs require reporting from ma…
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The Congressional Review Act has been used to overturn 20 rules since it was enacted. Will a Biden administration healthcare rule be next? In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan explores the intricacies of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and its significance for healthcare policy. She explains how the CR…
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Send us a text Today's topic is the CMS Prior Authorization Final Rule On January 17th, 2024, CMS published the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule, to improve the electronic exchange of health care data as well as to streamline prior authorization processes. This final rule also adds a new measure for merit-based incentive paym…
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Send us a text Today’s topic is the Federal No Surprises Act. The Federal No Surprises Act is intended to protect consumers from unexpected medical bills that occur when a patient unknowingly receives medical services from physicians and other providers who are outside of their health insurance network; in other words, healthcare providers who are …
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