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New Analysis Shows 340B Tax-Exempt Hospitals Provided More Than $56 Billion in Total Benefits to Their Communities
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Bills to lower drug costs, increase competition clear Senate committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed four bills aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and increasing competition.
Survey: Drug shortages cost hospitals $360M annually
Hospitals spend close to $360 million each year to manage drug shortages, according to a study released this week by Vizient Inc.
Study: 340B tax-exempt hospitals provide $56.1B in community benefits
Tax-exempt hospitals in the 340B drug savings program provided $56.1 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, according to an analysis released today by the AHA.
Report calls for national cancer control plan
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for a national strategy to reduce cancer incidence and mortality and improve quality of life for survivors.
CMS approves La. Medicaid Hepatitis C negotiations with drug makers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday approved Louisiana’s Medicaid plan amendment allowing supplemental rebate agreement negotiations with prescription drug makers for Hepatitis C therapies.
New toolkit helps hospitals prepare for mass casualty incidents
A new toolkit from the Greater New York Hospital Association aims to help hospitals and health systems develop and improve their mass casualty incident response plans. Much of the toolkit stems from collaborative planning efforts over the past several years, resulting in the development of new communication protocols and structures, and targeted training and programming. The toolkit also includes emerging best practices from intentional attacks that have occurred nationally and internationally.
How rural communities can address behavioral health care challenges
(Podcast) Shelly Rivello, director of integrated care at J.C. Blair Health System in Huntington, Pa., and Carrie Henning-Smith, assistant professor and deputy director of the University of Minnesota’s Rural Health Research Center in Minneapolis, discuss innovative models and evidence-based practices to increase access to behavioral health care and integrate mental health services into primary care.
Rural City Part of Groundbreaking Heart Disease Prevention Initiative
On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, The Value Initiative series continues with a four-way conversation discussing how the Heart of New Ulm project in Minnesota aims to reduce heart disease and prevent cardiovascular problems before they appear.
A Health Equity and Community Health Conversation
On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, vice president of leadership and system innovation for the AHA Center for Health Innovation, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, discuss health equity and its relationship to community health.