Lifting of Title X Gag Rule Could Spur Hundreds of Clinics to Rejoin 340B

A September 2019 protest in Cleveland against the Trump administration rule barring Title X-funded family clinics from providing abortion referrals.

Hundreds of family planning clinics that lost their Title X federal grants and 340B eligibility because they opposed a Trump-era rule barring them from providing abortion referrals might return to Title X and 340B soon.

The U.S. Department of Health

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Feds Have Until Tomorrow to Oppose Sanofi’s Request for Stay Against 340B ADR Proceedings

U.S. Chief District Judge Freda Wolfson gave government lawyers until the end of the day tomorrow to weigh in on Sanofi’s request for emergency protection from 340B ADR proceedings.

A federal district judge has given government lawyers until Wednesday to weigh in on drug manufacturer Sanofi’s request for emergency protection from being brought before a 340B administrative dispute resolution panel.

U.S. Chief District Judge Freda Wolfson gave the U.S.

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CMS Rule that Will Set 340B Hospitals’ Part B Drug Reimbursement for 2022 Moves Closer to Release

The CMS final rule that will set Medicare reimbursement in 2022 to 340B hospitals for physician-administered drugs is another step closer to release.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule that will set what Medicare will pay 340B hospitals for physician-administered drugs next year is another step closer to release.

CMS last week Thursday sent its calendar year

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Managed Care Journal Article Gives 340B Hospitals Low Marks on Uncompensated Care

Researchers Sunita Desai (left) and J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., say they found no evidence that hospitals increased uncompensated care after entry into the 340B program any more than hospitals that never entered or had not yet entered the program.

Researchers who reported in 2018 that the 340B program leads to hospital-physician practice consolidation but probably not to better care or outcomes for low-income patients have released a new 340B study, this time on hospital provision of uncompensated care. The

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The 340B ACE Advantage: A Credential that Sets the Standard for 340B Expertise

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When it comes to operating a 340B program, health systems, hospitals, and other entities that participate in the federal drug pricing program administered by HRSA have found that hiring graduates of the Apexus Advanced 340B Operations Certificate Program is helping them achieve compliance and implement a successful 340B program. 

In the five years since Apexus established the Advanced 340B Operations Certificate Program in 2016, it has become the standard 340B education in the marketplace. Metrics from the baseline knowledge exam compared to final exam scores prove that learners increase their 340B knowledge by 30% after completing the Operations Certificate Program.  Upon successfully completing the Apexus Advanced 340B Operations Certificate, learners join the elite group of Apexus Certified Experts (ACE) nationwide.  This self-led online education also provides learners with more than 30 hours of continuing education credit.

For the more than 1,000 graduates across the nation, their credential as a 340B ACE is helping them transform policy into practice for their entities.

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Kalderos Sues HHS and HRSA, Says Ban on Drug Company Conditions on 340B Sales is Illegal

A mock-up of Request, one of the modules that make up Kalderos' 340B Pay service to enable drug manufacturers to provide 340B ceiling prices as rebates instead of as discounts.

Pharmaceutical industry vendor Kalderos has asked a federal court to vacate a federal health agency’s policy prohibiting drug manufacturers from conditioning 340B drug discounts on covered entities’ submission of drug claims data.

Kalderos has created a service called 340B

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Sanofi Seeks Emergency Stay Blocking 340B Dispute Resolution Proceedings

Drug manufacturer Sanofi yesterday asked a federal judge in New Jersey for an emergency stay against 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings against it brought by health centers.

Drug manufacturer Sanofi yesterday asked a federal judge in New Jersey to stay 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings against it brought by health centers seeking to overturn Sanofi’s restrictions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

Sanofi

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In Significant Development, HRSA Assigns Panels to Review 340B Dispute Resolution Claims Against Drug Companies

HRSA confirmed yesterday that 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) panels have been assigned.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) told 340B Report yesterday in response to an inquiry that 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) panels have been assigned—signaling that an unknown number of proceedings might begin on ADR petitions by

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Boehringer Ingelheim Defends its 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy After HRSA Finds it Is Unlawful

Boehringer Ingelheim disputes HRSA's Oct. 4 finding that BI’s denials of 340B discounts on its drugs when hospitals use contract pharmacies are illegal.

Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim on Tuesday disputed a federal health agency’s finding a day earlier that BI’s denials of 340B discounts on its drugs when hospitals use contract pharmacies are illegal.

“Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to ensuring that its

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Judge Sets Deadlines for Briefs in 340B Contract Pharmacy Antitrust Suit

U.S. Chief District Judge Elizabeth Wolford has set deadlines for briefs in a New York health center's 340B contract pharmacy antitrust lawsuit against four drug companies.

A federal district judge in Rochester, N.Y., has given four insulin and diabetes drug manufacturers until Oct. 29 to file a motion to dismiss an upstate New York health center’s lawsuit claiming the manufacturers conspired to stop offering 340B pricing

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