What I told Congress about the 340B Program (rerun)

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today's live video webinar: Drug Channels Quarterly Update: Patients, Payers, and PBMs.

Click here to see the original post and comments from November 2020.

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ICYMI, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) recently asked for input on how to improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Comments were due last Friday (October 30).

Your friendly neighborhood blogger submitted an 11-page letter, which you can read below. I shared my $0.02 on the overall market, explained channel distortions from 340B contract pharmacies, and offered some policy recommendations.

Click here to read the Drug Channels Institute letter
to Senator Alexander and Representative Walden.

For your reference, I also include links to published comments from the American Hospital Association and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

The new Congress has an ambitious agenda. Let’s hope modernizing 340B gets on the do list.

Here are two other viewpoints:

• American Hospital Association (AHA)

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)