340B hospitals and for-profit pharmacies generating significant revenue from program meant to help needy patients

The 340B program – a safety-net federal drug program meant to help vulnerable Americans – has become dominated by many large hospitals and for-profit corporations with no clear evidence they are...
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Survey found insurance premiums grew faster than inflation in 2020

According to Kaiser Family Foundation’s recent survey on employer health benefits, premiums for people with employer-sponsored health insurance increased by 4% last year, faster than both the rate of...
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Cancer medicines cost twice as much at hospitals, study finds

Cancer medicines cost nearly twice as much in hospital outpatient facilities than in physician offices in the commercial market, according to a new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute...
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New GAO report: Some hospitals participating in 340B may not be eligible for the program

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on 340B hospital eligibility compliance and made a number of alarming observations that underscore the need for more accountability in...
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Nearly 50% of brand medicine spending goes to the supply chain and others

Nearly 50% of total spending on brand medicines – the sum of all payments made at the pharmacy or paid on a claim to a health care provider – went to the supply chain and other entities in 2018,...
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New NHE data: Medicine prices declined, and hospitals were biggest driver of health care spending in 2018

According to new data from the National Health Expenditures (NHE), retail medicine prices declined by 1% and retail medicine spending grew just 2.5% in 2018. To put that in context, hospital...
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Hospitals make 9 times more than physicians’ offices on provider-administered medicines

A new study, conducted by the Partnership for Health Analytic Research (PHAR), found that hospitals retained 91% of the total profit on physician-administered medicines in the commercial market that...
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Fact Check: How hospitals continue to drive health care spending

There is a lot of talk about health care costs in the United States that is mostly centered on prescription medicine spending, overlooking the largest share of U.S. health care spending – hospital...
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340B Spotlight: How for-profit middlemen are taking advantage of a program meant to support nonprofit entities and patients

Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net providers, like federally-funded safety net clinics, access discounts on prescription medicines for vulnerable or uninsured patients....
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Study finds hospitals continue to mark up medicines up to 500% of their cost

A new analysis from the Moran Company found hospitals continue to charge, on average, five times their cost for medicines, driving up cost sharing and premiums for patients across the country. This...
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