Visante’s Top 10 Issues in Pharmacy in 2023 for Health Care Providers

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We are pleased to again bring you Visante’s Top 10 issues in pharmacy for 2023. For 2022, our Top 10 items (Pharmacy Org Structure, 340B Program, Vertical Integration & Marketplace Restrictions, Drug Prices & Supply Chain, Infusion Services, Drug Shortages, Pandemic, Economy, Election, Social Justice) all turned out to be very relevant and many of these items again made the list for 2023.

To say that 2022 was turbulent would be a significant understatement! With the pandemic, economy, election and social justice issues driving national concerns, including pharmacy, coupled with the more pharmacy-specific elements, it was an extremely challenging year for pharmacy and healthcare in general. However, despite the magnitude of the challenges, we observed pharmacy programs all over the country stepping up and meeting these challenges head-on. Pharmacy programs demonstrated innovation, creativity, commitment to purpose, and a tremendous work ethic in supporting their patients and their organizations and should be justifiably proud of their

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Keep 340B Strong, AHA Says in Wall Street Journal Ad

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The American Hospital Association's ad in The Wall Street Journal said, “It is in the best interest of all to keep the 340B program strong.”

The American Hospital Association purchased a large ad in The Wall Street Journal print edition Tuesday touting the 340B program’s benefits and saying, “It is in the best interest of all to keep the 340B program strong.”

The quarter-page

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Health System Makes Improvements at 340B Hospital in New York Times Investigation

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Bon Secours Health System opened a long-delayed medical office building adjacent to the Richmond, Va., hospital that was the focus of a New York Times investigation of alleged 340B program misuse.

An Ohio-based health system that was the focus of a New York Times investigation of alleged 340B program misuse opened a long-delayed medical office building this week near the Richmond, Va., hospital featured in the exposé.

Bon Secours Health System

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CMS Announces Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Dates

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CMS will publish the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program by Sept. 1.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will publish the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program by Sept. 1, CMS announced yesterday.

The negotiated maximum fair prices for these drugs

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Breaking: Judge Declines to Order HHS to Promptly Repay 340B Hospitals for Illegal Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Cuts

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A federal district court in Washington, D.C., declined to order HHS to promptly repay hospitals for illegal Part B drug payment cuts spanning five years.

A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., this morning ruled that Medicare Part B underpayments to hospitals for 340B drugs from 2018 to 2022 were unlawful. But in a disappointment for the hospital groups that sued, the judge declined to

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U.S. District Court Orders 340B Report to Destroy and Not Divulge Legally Obtained Information in 340B Patient Definition Case

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A federal district court ordered 340B Report to destroy and not divulge the contents of legally obtained records filed by the federal government in a lawsuit over the 340B patient definition.

A federal district court in South Carolina ordered 340B Report late yesterday to destroy and not release information from more than 9,000 pages of documents that the federal government filed in a public database Thursday in a community health center’s

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Congressional Committee Lineups Still in Flux After McCarthy Installed as House Speaker

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U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) takes the podium Jan. 7 after being elected as House Speaker.

The members, GOP chairs, and top-ranking Democrats of U.S. House committees for the 118th Congress still had not been formally announced this morning, three days after Republicans chose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to be House speaker.

It took four days

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340B “Overdue for Reform,” Industry Trade Group BIO Says in Blog

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The 340B program “is buckling under its own weight and overdue for reform,” BIO says in its blog.

The 340B program “is buckling under its own weight and overdue for reform,” biotechnology industry trade group BIO said last week in its blog.

BIO, which is marking its 30th anniversary in 2023, has experienced inner turmoil in recent

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CMS Plans in April to Address Potential Remedies for Illegal Drug Payment Cuts for 340B Hospitals

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CMS plans to issue a proposed rule in April regarding “potential remedies” for illegal Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals from 2018 through late September 2022.

Federal Medicare officials plan to issue a proposed rule in April regarding “potential remedies” for illegal Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals from 2018 through late September 2022.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed April as

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340B Provider Ally Stabenow Will Not Seek Re-Election to U.S. Senate in 2024

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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, depriving 340B covered entities of a reliable ally.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, a decision that will deprive 340B covered entities of a reliable ally in Congress.

Stabenow issued a statement yesterday announcing her decision. She was one of six senators—three

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