GSK Announces Third Round of Refunds This Year for 340B Overcharges

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GSK for the third time this year has announced refunds for overcharging 340B covered entities, this time for purchases during Q3 2020.

Drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline for the third time this year has announced refunds for overcharging 340B covered entities, this time for purchases of 16 NDCs during Q3 2020.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) posted GSK’s notice to entities yesterday

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In Show of Support, House GOP Conference Chair Stefanik Visits 340B Contract Pharmacy

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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York (second from left), the third highest-ranking House Republican, visited a 340B contract pharmacy in Plattsburgh last week in a show of support for the drug discount program.

Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), U.S. congresswoman for the 21st district in upstate New York and third highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, visited independently-owned Condo Pharmacy in Plattsburgh, N.Y., last week in a show of support for the 340B contract pharmacy

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340B Webinar: Optimize Your 340B Program and Cut Costs in 30 Minutes

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HHS Has ‘No Real Plan to Stop Underpaying’ 340B Hospitals’ Part B Claims, Groups Tell Court

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Hospital groups asked a federal district court to deny HHS's request to be allowed to craft its own plan to remedy unlawful Medicare Part B drug payments cuts to 340B hospitals since 2018.

Federal health officials should not be allowed to craft their own plan to remedy unlawful Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for 340B hospitals since 2018, as the government has not shown how it would stop future illegal payment cuts,

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Apexus Solutions to Support 340B Program Compliance

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Development May Expedite Ruling on Widely Watched State Law Intended to Require Rx Manufacturers to Provide 340B Discounts

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A federal court decision about the legality of an Arkansas law that requires drug makers to honor 340B contract pharmacy arrangements might come sooner than originally thought.

A federal district judge has accepted a plan that might speed up a decision in the drug industry’s lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law that requires drug makers to honor 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

U.S. Senior District Judge Billy Roy Wilson

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Appeals Court Will Hear Oral Arguments in October in Novartis and United Therapeutics’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Suit

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A federal appeals court will hear arguments Oct. 24 about Novartis and United Therapeutics’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

The U.S. government and drug makers Novartis and United Therapeutics’ cross-appeals in their 340B contract pharmacy legal dispute have been set for oral arguments in October, marking the first of the closely watched lawsuits to advance to oral arguments at

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Feds File Briefs in Response to AstraZeneca and Lilly Arguments in Key 340B Cases

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The U.S. Justice Department recently responded to AstraZeneca and Lilly's arguments in lawsuits in federal circuit court over the two drug companies' denials of 340B pricing involving the contract pharmacy program.

The federal government during the past week filed responses to arguments that drug manufacturers AstraZeneca and Lilly made in federal appeals courts in their 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits.

“In enacting the 340B program, Congress was clear that drug manufacturers must

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Medicare and Hep C Patients Would Save Over $100 Million if Plan Sponsors Adopted Generic Use, OIG Finds

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The HHS Inspector General says Part D beneficiaries are far less likely than Medicaid beneficiaries to use lower-cost authorized generic versions of HCV drugs Epclusa (pictured above) and Harvoni.

Medicare Part D beneficiaries were much less likely to use lower-cost, authorized generic versions of highly expensive hepatitis C drugs Harvoni and Epclusa in 2019 and 2020 than Medicaid beneficiaries, driving up costs for Part D enrollees and the Medicare

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