Nevada Legislature Passes 340B Nondiscrimination Bill

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Nevada lawmakers passed and sent to the governor a bill to stop PBM and insurance company discrimination against 340B covered entities.

Nevada lawmakers have unanimously passed and sent to the state’s governor legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers and health insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.

The state Assembly voted 42-0 on June 3 and the

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Bausch Health Tightens its Conditions on 340B Pricing to All Covered Entities

Bausch Health
Bausch Health today tightened its conditions on 340B pricing involving deliveries to contract pharmacies.

Bausch Health this morning updated its conditions on 340B pricing involving deliveries to contract pharmacies to all covered entities. It is the fifth drug maker this month to either impose such conditions for the first time (Organon and

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Exelixis Extends 340B Price Conditions to Hospitals’ Wholly Owned Contract Pharmacies

Exelixis
Exelixis extended its conditions on 340B pricing to contract pharmacies that are wholly owned or under common ownership with a hospital covered entity.

Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Exelixis said today it is extending its conditions on 340B pricing to contract pharmacies that are wholly owned or under common ownership with a hospital covered entity. The change is effective June 26.

Exelixis announced the change in

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Teva Is the 23rd Drug Maker to Impose Limits on 340B Contract Pharmacies

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The final HRSA manufacturer 340B program audit conducted in fiscal year 2023 had no adverse findings for Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Drug manufacturer Teva today became the 23rd drug manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B pricing involving delivery to contract pharmacies.

Covered entities reported getting Teva’s notice by email around 1:00 p.m. Eastern. It said effective July 5:

  • Any
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Final Connecticut Bill Excludes Both 340B Transparency and Contract Pharmacy Provisions

Connecticut Senate
The Connecticut Senate gave final passage to legislation that bars PBM discrimination against 340B entities. But it does not bar manufacturers from limiting contract pharmacy use in 340B nor require 340B entities to report on their program savings.

Connecticut will not, after all, be the first state to require 340B covered entities to file reports on their 340B program savings and how they use them, under a bill the state Senate gave final passage to late last night.

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Protest Held at Indiana Congressman’s State Office Against His 340B Hospital Reporting Bill

AHF Bucshon
AIDS Healthcare Foundation advocates marched yesterday outside U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon's (R-Ind.) Terre Haute, Ind., office to protest Bucshon's bill to impose reporting requirements on 340B hospitals and potentially other covered entities.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation staged a march yesterday outside U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon’s (R-Ind.) Terre Haute office to protest his bill that would require 340B disproportionate share hospitals to report data about patients who get 340B drugs, spending on charity care,

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New Studies on 340B and Rural Cancer Care and 340B Contract Pharmacy Demographics

Health Affairs
Rural hospitals that enroll in 340B are more likely than others to initiate oncology services, a new study in Health Affairs found.

Rural hospitals that enroll in the 340B drug pricing program are more likely to initiate oncology services than those that do not participate, a study published online Monday in Health Affairs found.

“It’s estimated that around one in five rural

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Merck Sues to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Merck
Merck has sued to stop the federal government from negotiating prices for certain high expenditure, single source Medicare Part B or Part D drugs

Federal Medicare drug price negotiation “is tantamount to extortion” and must be struck down as unconstitutional, drug manufacturer Merck told a federal district court yesterday.

Merck on Tuesday became the first drug maker to sue to stop the federal government

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CMS Creates New Group to Lead Medicaid Managed Care Policy

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CMS has created a new group within the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services to develop and manage federal Medicaid managed care policy.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said this week it has created a new unit within the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) to develop and manage federal Medicaid managed care policy.

CMS announced the

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Expert Tip From Verity Solutions

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TIP: Nurture the relationship with your contract pharmacy affiliates to ensure regular orders are placed for 340B savings.


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