There are signs that the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) reorganization announced in late January is finally in motion. It is still unknown, though, if the 340B program is moving to a new home in the HRSA administrator’s
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Month: July 2021
A federal district judge will hold a joint hearing in October on drug makers’ Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) lawsuits challenging the government’s findings in May that the two companies’ 340B contract pharmacy policies are unlawful.
In a short unpublished
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The government’s position that United Therapeutics’ (UT) restrictions on 340B contract pharmacies are illegal “contravenes the plain text” of the 340B statute, the drug company told a federal district judge on Friday.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA)
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340B trade associations and covered entities submitted public comments overwhelmingly supporting the Biden administration’s proposal to rescind a Trump-era rule requiring community health centers to pass along savings on insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients.
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly,
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The challenges that ‘white bagging’ poses for patients and providers are gaining attention as more health plans mandate these policies. ‘White bagging’ disrupts traditional ‘buy-and-bill’ practices for provider-administered drugs, creating patient safety concerns, operational problems, and financial challenges for covered entities.
Impact of ‘White Bagging’ Policies on Covered Entities
In the traditional ‘buy-and-bill’ model, covered entities maintain control of the drug and its integrity from end-to-end, managing purchasing, storage, and medication administration. With ‘white bagging’ policies however, covered entities are required to receive the drug from an outside specialty pharmacy designated by the patient’s health plan – often, that same pharmacy is also owned by the health plan. This external process inhibits covered entities from ensuring both the quality and integrity of the medication to be administered, and it can cause delays in therapy when drugs are not received on time. The pharmacy management challenges ‘white bagging’ creates are significant, requiring people and resources to address.
Payor-mandated ‘white
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In Surprise Move, Biden Administration Proposes Keeping Trump’s Nearly 30% Cut in 340B Hospitals’ Drug Reimbursement
The Biden administration said today it proposes to continue a nearly 30% reduction in Medicare Part B reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
The Trump administration implemented the payment reduction in January 2018. Hospital groups say it costs affected 340B hospitals
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee is pleased with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for challenging six drug makers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies, the committee said in a report released yesterday. It encouraged
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In addition to weighing in on the ongoing 340B contract pharmacy standoff (see related story), the U.S. House Appropriations Committee has entered the thicket of the highly controversial topics of 340B patient definition and provider eligibility.
In its report
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The law firm representing United Therapeutics (UT) in its 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit against the federal government has filed its own related lawsuit against the government.
In a July 13 complaint filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.,
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The federal government told a federal district judge yesterday it consents to the judge’s proposal to speed up and simultaneously consider Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) pending motions for preliminary injunctions in the two companies’ 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits. The
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