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Advocacy
SNHPA monitors, educates, and serves as an advocate on federal legislative and regulatory issues related to drug pricing and other pharmacy matters affecting safety-net providers. When Congress was creating the 340B program in 1992, SNHPA took the lead role in ensuring that hospitals were included in the program and the organization has been representing the interests of 340B hospitals ever since. The following are some of the legislative issues that SNHPA is focusing on:
2009 Advocacy Goals
- Extend 340B discounts to hospital inpatient settings which would significantly reduce costs and remove administrative burdens.
- Expand program to children’s and rural hospitals.
- Address proposed government guidelines that would significantly restrict the use of the 340B program by narrowing the definition of "patient" under the program.
- Exempt hospitals from federal regulation mandating states to collect rebates on drugs administered by health professionals in hospital outpatient settings.
- Address the integrity of the 340B program by working to improve program oversight, administration, and compliance; recover 340B overpayments; make 340B prices available to covered entities.
- Ensure Office of Pharmacy Affairs has proper funding to effectively administer 340B program.
- Allow 340B health facilities to enter into contracts with multiple pharmacies for providing drugs purchased with the 340B discount.
- Make efforts to ensure that 340B participants benefit from proposed increase in Medicaid rebate discount and ensure that any changes to Medicaid rebate law do not adversely impact 340B program.
- Ensure that 340B hospitals benefit from changes to Medicare Part D law.
- Address problems in accessing IVIG and other products at federally required 340B-discounted pricing.
SNHPA Endorsed Legislation
111th Congress
- The 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009 (HR 444)
- The 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009 (S. 1239)
110th Congress
If you have questions, please contact SNHPA Government Relations Director Rob Recklaus at rob.recklaus@safetynetrx.org or 202-552-5852 or SNHPA Policy and Advocacy Manager Jaimie Vickery at jaimie.vickery@safetynetrx.org or 202-552-5855. |
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