340B COVID-19 Flexibilities Expected to Run Through the End of 2021

The announcement Friday that the COVID-19 national public health emergency probably will last all year probably means COVID-related 340B program flexibilities will last all year, too.

The acting head of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) told state governors on Friday that the national COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is expected to last through the end of the year. That likely means 340B program

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Portman’s Retirement in 2023 Will Deprive 340B Entities of a Key GOP Ally

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced yesterday he will not run for reelection in 2022. His retirement will deprive 340B covered entities of a reliable Senate Republican ally come 2023.

Although Portman is not on the Health, Education, Labor, and

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Conservative News Sites Cast Shade on Biden’s Freeze on 340B Insulin Rule

Health center advocates are responding to social media posts that suggest that, by freezing a Trump administration rule regarding health centers' 340B pricing on insulin, the Biden administration raised insulin's price.

Health center advocates are trying to stamp out fast-spreading claims on social media that the Biden administration, in freezing a Trump administration rule, raised the price of insulin.

Facebook and Twitter have been filled with posts and counter-posts about the

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BREAKING: PhRMA Asks Court to Strike Down 340B Dispute Resolution Rule and Manufacturer Audit Guidelines

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) sued yesterday in federal district court in Maryland to strike down the federal final rule that established the new 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process. It also wants the court to declare

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Biden Administration Withdraws Azar’s Notice of Appointments to 340B Dispute Resolution Board

There are questions about the legal and practical effects of the administration's action yesterday regarding ex-HHS Secretary Azar's appointments to the new 340B dispute resolution board. | Shutterstock

The Biden administration yesterday withdrew former U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar’s Jan. 20 public notice of his appointment of six voting and two ex-officio non-voting members to a new 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR)

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Biden Team Freezes 340B Insulin Rule, to Health Centers’ Relief

Health center leaders worried that the Biden's administration's regulatory freeze memo didn't guarantee that a Trump administration rule regarding the 340B program and insulin that they opposed would definitely be delayed. | Source: Shutterstock

Health centers leaders are applauding the Biden administration’s decision yesterday to push back, from today until March 22, the effective date of the Trump administration’s controversial final rule to require health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income

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In Surprise Move, 340B Dispute Resolution Board Members Appointed

In one of his last acts as HHS Secretary, Alex Azar appointed the six voting and two ex-officio non-voting members of the 340B program’s new administrative dispute resolution (ADR) board.

Alex Azar, at 8:45 a.m. Eastern yesterday in one of his last acts as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, appointed the six voting and two ex-officio non-voting members of the 340B program’s new administrative dispute resolution (ADR) board.

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Pedley’s Promotion May Presage Hiring of a New 340B Program Director

Rear Adm. Krista Pedley’s promotion, and OPA’s new place within the HRSA administrator’s office, are symbolic of the 340B program’s growing importance in prescription drug pricing policy, and reflects how highly regarded Pedley is in HRSA and HHS.

U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Rear Adm. Krista Pedley, who has led the federal 340B drug pricing program for more than a decade, has been promoted within the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in conjunction with a major

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Biden Appoints Acting Leaders at HRSA, CMS, and HHS

President Biden named HHS career civil servant Norris Cochran to be the acting head of HHS pending a Senate vote on Xavier Becerra's nomination for the post. | Source: C-SPAN

President Biden has accepted the resignation of U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Tom Engels, whom former President Trump appointed to the post in November 2019. Diana Espinosa, a career civil servant who has served as HRSA’s deputy

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Health Centers Scramble to Secure a Freeze on 340B Insulin Rule

The Biden administration caught health center leaders off guard by not explicitly instructing HHS's new leadership to put a Trump administration 340B-related rule on ice. | Source: Shutterstock

Community health center leaders are concerned that the Biden administration yesterday asked, but did not order, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to postpone tomorrow’s scheduled implementation of a controversial Trump administration final rule that will require health

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