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340B Discounts at Risk: What It Means for FQHCs and Patient Care
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), hospitals, and health systems relying on 340B discounts are facing growing uncertainty. Courts, policymakers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to push for changes that could reshape how the program operates. Recent developments have highlighted potential new restrictions and increased oversight along with the financial strain for participating providers. FQHCs and hospitals […]
Expert Tip from AAFCPAs – 340B Report Guest Blog
340b Report (August 15, 2024) – Monitoring and maintaining an active patient listing (APL) for all patients whose prescriptions qualify as eligible under the 340B program is imperative. This APL should be updated daily and maintained through the electronic medical record system. The entity’s 340B policy should specify the time period during which a patient […]
Response Divided on New 340B Legislation
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that legislation designed to overhaul the 340B program was recently introduced. This legislation, previously coined the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act), seeks to establish new transparency and oversight requirements and capture policy principles agreed upon in the Alliance to […]
Are You Prepared for an Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) Audit?
340B Report (May 16, 2024) – All entities who participate in the 340B program are subject to an Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) audit regardless of entity type, size or volume of transactions. For the last five years, HRSA’s OPA has been completing approximately 200 audits a year and, as of May, 2024, 19 audits […]
340B ESP New Data Request Raises Concerns About Overreach
340B Report (February 24, 2024) – The drugmaker vendor 340B ESP’s recent requests for additional claims data from some 340B hospitals has raised concerns from 340B providers that the vendor is going beyond the scope of what it is legally permissible to collect. An email obtained by 340B Report from 340B ESP to a 340B […]