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Connecticut Looks Like It Will Be First State to Require 340B Covered Entity Reporting

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Connecticut state senators introduced a bill that would implement annual 340B provider reporting requirements shortly after a health office reporting to the governor proposed similar legislation.

Connecticut lawmakers are expected soon to pass a significantly revised version of Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) health care cost reduction bill stripped of language that would have barred drug manufacturers from limiting use of contract pharmacies and imposing other conditions

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Louisiana Is Poised to be Second State to Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

Louisiana state capitol
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) is expected to sign a bill prohibiting drug company limits on 340B contract pharmacy relationships and pharmacy benefit manager encroachment on health care providers’ 340B program revenue.

The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously Sunday to pass and send to Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) a bill prohibiting drug manufacturer limits on 340B contract pharmacy relationships and pharmacy benefit manager encroachment on health care providers’ 340B program revenues.

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New York State Appeals Dismissal of 340B Antitrust Case Against CVS

CVS Pharmacy
New York State has taken its 340B-related state antitrust case against CVS Health to a state appeals court.

New York State is appealing a state trial court’s dismissal of its antitrust case against CVS Health that alleges the pharmacy giant unlawfully forces 340B covered entities to use its 340B third party administrator Wellpartner in order to contract with

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HHS, HRSA Tell Judge They Don’t Know When They’ll Replace 340B Dispute Resolution Process

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HHS and HRSA recently told a federal district court they “are unable to predict” when they will finally replace HRSA’s 340B administrative dispute resolution proces.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration “are unable to predict” when they will finally replace HRSA’s 340B administrative dispute resolution process, the government said in a recent legal filing.

The government

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HRSA Posts Four Manufacturer Notices to 340B Entities

Humalog
Lilly is providing refunds for 340B overcharges during Q1 2020 on Humalog and Trulicity.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday posted notices of refunds for 340B overcharges from drug manufacturers Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Neurocrine and a notice from Amneal about product NDC changes.

Lilly

Lilly’s May 30 notice covers purchases

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HRSA Allows Immediate 340B Enrollment in Guam Due to Typhoon

Guam typhoon Mawar
Destruction in Tamuning, Guam, caused by super typhoon Mawar, which made landfall on May 24 as a Category 4-equivalent storm.

Health care providers in Guam eligible to participate in the 340B program may do so immediately, rather than having to wait for the next normal quarterly registration period July 1-15, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said yesterday.

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ASAP 340B and AHA Outreach Documents Are Polar Opposites on 340B DSH Hospitals

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A new ASAP 340B document describes how its position on the 340B patient definition would play out under six hypothetical scenarios.

ASAP 340B, the group that drug manufacturers and community health centers formed to advance a joint 340B reform agenda, recently released a two-page explainer on how their plan would change the 340B patient definition. Under it, fewer drugs prescribed at

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Merck to Pay Refunds for 340B Overcharges in Q1 and Q2 2020

Cubicin
Merck is providing refunds for 340B overcharges on NDCs of its antibiotic Cubicin and other drugs during the first two quarters of 2020.

Drug manufacturer Merck is paying refunds for overcharges on 340B drugs purchased during the first two quarters of 2020.

Merck recently asked the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to post notices about its 340B ceiling price recalculations on the

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The Potential Domino Effect of Tennessee’s HIV Federal Funding Cuts

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Publisher’s Note: Since we first published this piece by Jennifer Lockwood of Ravin Consultants, there has been an important development that is addressed at the end of the story. We thank Jennifer and her team for alerting us and recommending that we

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Massachusetts 340B Nondiscrimination Bills Would Restore Program’s Intent, Sponsor Says

Massachusetts state Sen. Pavel Payano
“PBMs use tactics to transfer savings away from [340B] health centers and towards themselves," Massachusetts state Sen. Pavel Payano (D) said during a May 16 hearing.

Companion bills in the Massachusetts House and Senate would restore the 340B program’s intent by stopping pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against any 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, the sponsor of the state Senate bill said during a recent

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