OptumRx Says Providers Can’t Share 340B Claims Data Without its Consent

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OptumRx is requiring 340B covered entities to get its consent before they share OptumRx contract pharmacy claims data with drug manufacturers.

Pharmacy care services company OptumRx is requiring 340B covered entities to get its consent before they share OptumRx contract pharmacy claims data with drug manufacturers to satisfy manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing.

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Judge’s 340B Statutory Interpretation Was “Exactly Backward,” Lilly Tells Appeals Court

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Lilly told a federal appeals court its decision in the drug company's 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit "will have profound consequences for the integrity of the national healthcare system."

A federal district court’s ruling last October that federal law requires drug manufacturers to deliver 340B purchased drugs to contract pharmacies conflicts with two other courts’ conclusions, “upsets the delicate statutory balance Congress struck, and raises serious constitutional problems,” drug

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Groups Blast PBMs’ Discrimination Against 340B Hospitals in Letters to FTC

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Groups that represent or work with 340B hospitals urged the FTC to take a closer look at PBMs' alleged discriminatory business practices.

Pharmacy benefit managers’ discriminatory business practices against 340B hospitals boost PBMs’ financial bottom lines while hurting the hospitals’ mission to serve vulnerable patients, groups that represent or work with 340B hospitals and their pharmacists recently told the Federal Trade Commission

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340B Report Publisher and CEO: Momentum for 340B Protections Is Growing

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340B healthcare providers have turned to the states to address challenges to the drug discount program, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says.

Safety net healthcare providers increasingly have turned to the states to address challenges to the 340B program, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says in his latest column for medication management solutions company Omnicell.

“In just four years, an

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PhRMA-funded Study Faults 340B Hospitals’ Financial Aid and Debt Collection Policies

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The AHA sharply criticized a new PhRMA-funded study that says many 340B hospitals “may not offer low-income patients financial assistance to access medicines and may use extraordinary collection actions."

Many 340B hospitals “may not offer low-income patients financial assistance to access medicines and may use extraordinary collection actions, including but not limited to, liens, foreclosures, and civil actions when patients fail to pay bills,” a pharmaceutical-industry funded study released

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NEJM Article Says HIV Prevention Should Rely Less on 340B Revenue

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An opinion article in the New England Journal of Medicine says overreliance on 340B drug discount revenues to fund HIV-prevention services incentivizes clinics to prescribe high-cost medicines instead of cheaper effective options. Some HIV/AIDS care providers say high drug prices are the problem, not 340B.

Overreliance on 340B drug discount revenues to fund HIV-prevention services incentivizes clinics to prescribe high-cost medicines instead of cheaper effective options, “with dire consequences for [preexposure prophylaxis] PrEP access, impact, and equity,” says an opinion article published last weekend in

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BMS Updates its Conditions on 340B Pricing Involving Contract Pharmacy

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BMS updated its 340B contract pharmacy pricing policy to address how it will handle 340B discounts on its new heart medicine Camzyos.

Drug manufacturer Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) yesterday updated its 340B contract pharmacy pricing policy to address how it will handle 340B discounts on its new heart medicine Camzyos, a potential blockbuster product.

Camzyos is a first-in-class treatment for symptomatic obstructive

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BMS and Merck Announce Refunds for 340B Overcharges

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BMS and Merck—both for the second time this year—are giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on select products.

Drug manufacturers Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Merck are giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on select products, according to public notices by the companies posted on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website.

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