A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators on Tuesday reintroduced legislation from the last session of Congress to protect hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B drug discounts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Five of the six types of hospitals that can
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has scheduled a hearing next Tuesday of the U.S. Senate health subcommittee he chairs on why the United States pays the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
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A federal judge’s decision to temporarily shield drug manufacturer Eli Lilly from the 340B program’s administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process could cause the government to issue 340B ADR regulations all over again, health care attorneys say.
U.S. District Judge Sarah
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In a decision that could have significant implications for 340B stakeholders, a federal district judge in Indianapolis today granted drug manufacturer Eli Lilly’s motion for a preliminary injunction stopping the U.S. Health and Human Services Department from implementing or enforcing
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Correction, Tuesday March 16, 4:00 p.m. EDT—Earlier today, we reported that during a March 16 webinar, advisers to 340B covered entities said that U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) had written to pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (ESI) about its new
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Federally qualified health centers and their trade groups are adamantly opposed to implementing a Trump administration rule to require health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients at the price the centers pay for those drugs under
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Medicare Part B drug payments to 340B hospitals “declined substantially” in 2019 because the payment status of “an unusually high number of drugs” changed that year, congressional Medicare advisers said in a report yesterday.
The change—from “pass-through status” to “separately
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President Biden has nominated Melanie Egorin, a veteran Democratic congressional health care adviser, to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Legislation.
If confirmed, Egorin would be a top deputy to Xavier Becerra, whose nomination to
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