JD Supra

Drastic Changes in "Patient" Definition as HHS Releases the Long-Awaited Proposed 340B Omnibus Guidance

After years of fits and starts, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally released its proposed omnibus guidance ...
Business Wire

First Collaborative Definition of Patient Centricity, Co-created by AstraZeneca with Patients and Carers, Is Published in British Medical Journal

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca today announced that BMJ Innovations has published the first collaborative definition of patient centricity for the pharmaceutical industry. The ...
JD Supra

Court Guts 340B Program “Patient” Definition, Opening Door to More 340B Use

On November 3, a federal district court issued a monumental decision endorsing an expansive view of who is a “patient” of a 340B program covered entity eligible to receive a 340B drug. In Genesis ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Court sides with health system, ruling HRSA’s 340B patient definition is ‘too narrow’

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s definition of who qualifies as a patient under the 340B drug pricing program is too narrowly defined, a federal judge ruled Nov. 7. The lawsuit was ...
Psychology Today

Impatient? Why and How to Practice Patience

What is patience? I like to start with the dictionary. "Patience: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, difficulty, or annoyance without getting angry or upset." I don’t know anyone whose life is ...