IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION
9/01/09: Final Notice Regarding the 340B Drug Pricing Program; Children’s Hospitals has been published. HRSA will strive to be as flexible as possible with application deadlines and will work with eligible children's hospitals to expedite registration as much as resources and program requirements permit.
8/31/09: Due to the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration because of the H1N1 flu outbreak which remains a worldwide public health threat, the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) is initiating an emergency response and accepting requests for rolling registrations on a case by case basis. If the requests are approved, OPA will accelerate the start dates for new sites so they may immediately begin participation in the 340B Program.
Otherwise, OPA is operating under the normal schedule and deadlines. The quarterly deadline for submission of registration
forms to OPA is December 1 to become effective as a participating covered entity
for the quarter beginning January 1. If your submission is close to the deadline,
you are advised to FAX the form to OPA and mail the original.
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DATABASE ENHANCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Office of Pharmacy Affairs will use this space to announce enhancements to
the 340B database as they occur. If you have a suggestion for how we can
further improve the database, please submit via the link above.
06/04/2009 – made major improvement in reports, including conversion to csv files to improve performance, updated order of fields, field names, etc.
01/01/2009 – rearranged Grant/Provider number and Entity Type fields in
the record view.
04/24/2008 – added online registration for FP covered entities.
02/20/2008 – added Start Date and Termination Date columns to the
"Children Entities" and "Other Related Entities" displays.
EXISTING DATABASE FEATURES
MEDICAID PROVIDER INFORMATION – users may go to the Covered Entity tab
and find a sub-tab labeled “Medicaid Provider Number Search” (
http://opanet.hrsa.gov/opa/CE/CEMedicaidExtract.aspx)
that will list Medicaid Pharmacy Provider Numbers for all covered entities
within a specified State that have indicated to OPA that they are billing
Medicaid for drugs purchased at 340B prices. In addition, the database now
accepts multiple Medicaid Pharmacy Provider numbers for each covered entity and
NPI numbers.
Medicaid Exclusion Tutorial – gives guidance to the covered entities
for what needs to be included in the Medicaid Provider Number Field.
DOWNLOAD FEATURE – users have the option of selecting specific database
fields to download for covered entity information. Go to the Covered Entity tab
and under the “Output Type” select “Report File.” An additional menu will open
up. If the user selects “Customized Fields,” you will be able to select the
specific fields you want to be downloaded in an Excel spreadsheet format. For
those organizations with a need for the old Legacy Report that is no longer
available, a similar report is obtained if you go to the Covered Entity tab
(Covered Entity Data Extract screen), under Output Type select the Report File
option, select Customized Fields, and do NOT select the button labeled "Include
Billing, Shipping and Contract Pharmacy information in Enhanced Download."