06/05/2018

Important Oncology Related News

COA Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government to Stop Sequester Cut to Cancer Drug Reimbursement

May 31, 2018 - The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from applying the Medicare sequester cut to reimbursement for Part B drugs. READ PRESS RELEASE

Where the 340B Program Currently Stands

May 31, 2018 - Critics and advocates are debating several policies to improve the effectiveness of the federal discount drug pricing program. 
May has been an eventful month for the 340B Drug Pricing program, as numerous policy proposals and decisions affecting the federal program have been debated by both critics and advocates.  READ MORE

COA Physician Survey: Medicare Part B Proposals Will Harm Patients, Increase Costs and Bureaucracy

(COA) May 16, 2018 - A survey released today by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) finds that the majority of physicians are very concerned that recent proposals to reform the Medicare Part B program will have a negative impact on patient care. READ PRESS RELEASE

'Eliminating the Middlemen': Trump Takes Aim at PBMs in Drug Pricing Speech

May 11, 2018 - Trump's plan seeks to eliminate what he described as the "dishonest double dealing" of healthcare middlemen, such as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), to receive rebates and discounts, instead aiming to have those savings redirected to consumers and patients. READ MORE