The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the unit within the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) that runs the 340B drug discount program, refreshed the OPA site late last week. This is the
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Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts unfairly uses a Medicare pharmacy ratings system to wrongly claw back millions of dollars in drug reimbursement from pharmacies participating in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) alleges in a
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As the dispute with drug manufacturers over 340B contract pharmacies drags on, Sentry Data Systems has unveiled a suite of resources and capabilities to help covered entities decide on their next steps. It’s no coincidence that this has happened as Sentry integrates more closely as part of The Craneware Group.
As recent surveys have shown, the manufacturer exclusions on 340B contract pharmacies are taking an ever-growing bite out of the finances of our nation’s safety net hospitals and clinics. Meanwhile, covered entities are feeling the pressure to submit to the manufacturers’ demands to hand over contract pharmacy claims data to regain 340B pricing, even as the evidence we’ve seen suggests most participants are proceeding slowly after taking a wait-and-see approach — and they’re not always “all in.”
Sentry isn’t waiting. We’ve taken action to ensure our customers are educated and armed with information and other resources to make their own decision about whether to submit data. Our first steps
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One hundred eighty-one U.S. House members—144 Democrats and 37 Republicans—urged the Biden administration on Friday to quickly impose civil monetary penalties against all drug manufacturers that restrict access to 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
“Manufacturers have received
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “fully anticipate[s]” applying a Medicare Part B reimbursement rate next year of average sales price ASP plus 6% to drugs and biologicals purchased through the 340B program, CMS announced late this afternoon.
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A U.S. House Republican task force assigned to develop proposals the party can advance if the GOP takes the majority in the November elections apparently chose not to make recommendations for the 340B program.
The Healthy Future Task Force’s affordability
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A federal district judge was right to rule last November that drug makers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi may not tie strings to 340B pricing when providers use contract pharmacies, the federal government told a federal appeals court in Philadelphia last
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California will start making its own insulin under a state budget bill Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed June 30.
The bill includes $50 million to develop three low-cost biosimilar insulin products and another $50 million for a California-based insulin-manufacturing facility.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to retail pharmacies yesterday about their “unique role … in ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health care services”—including filling prescriptions for drugs that can end or prevent pregnancy.
Mifepristone and
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