Month: February 2024

Two 340B Site Terminations, One Payback to Manufacturers in Latest Provider Audit Findings

February 23, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

HRSA audits found terminations were required for a 340B provider site and a contract pharmacy and that another provider owed repayments to drugmakers.

Federal auditors determined terminations from the 340B program were required for either a covered entity site or a contract pharmacy [...]

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February 23, 2024 Sponsored Content Views

340B Contract Pharmacy Bills Introduced in Utah, Kansas, New York; Committees Approve Bills in Oregon, Oklahoma

February 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Utah state Sen. Evan Vickers (R), senate majority leader, this week introduced one of multiple new state 340B contract pharmacy bills.

The majority leader of the Utah state senate and a key committee in the Kansas state senate each introduced bills [...]

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Amid Double Digit 2023 Growth in 340B, NACHC Urges Federal Over State Reform

February 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Vacheria Keys, director of regulatory affairs at NACHC, said the organization was focused on comprehensive federal 340B reform.

Unreleased figures show “double digit growth again for the 340B program” in 2023, the leader of the 340B prime vendor [...]

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Reflecting on Winter Coalition 2024

February 21, 2024 Sponsored Content Views

Crucial Conversations and Charting the Path Ahead

AIDS Group Protests Health Center-Drug Industry Alliance Outside NACHC Policy Forum

February 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AHF protested NACHC's partnership with drug industry advocates outside of a health center policy forum in Washington, D.C.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) staged a protest over the partnership between health centers and drug industry advocates outside a [...]

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Health System, Drugmakers Battle Over Dismissal Request in 340B Penny Pricing Fraud Suit

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Calif-based Adventist Health System/West and four drugmakers are clashing in federal district court over allegations of 340B overcharges.

A California health system and four drugmakers have filed dueling arguments over the pharmaceutical companies’ effort to dismiss a fraud [...]

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FTC, HHS Seek Comments on Role of GPOs, Wholesalers on Generic Drug Shortages

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

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The FTC and HHS asked for stakeholder feedback on generic drug shortages, which could have implications for the 340B program.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are requesting comments on how group [...]

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PhRMA Washington Post Advertorial Highlights Data Critical of 340B Program

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A pharmaceutical industry advertorial in the Washington Post questioned whether the 340B program benefited hospital patients.

The leading advocacy group for pharmaceutical manufacturers recently published an advertorial in the Washington Post that highlights a range of [...]

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Citing U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Health System Sues Medicare Advantage Plan for Past 340B Payments

February 15, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

An Alabama health system is suing Humana over past reduced 340B rates paid by its Medicare Advantage plans.

Baptist Health of Alabama sued Humana in federal court over the lack of repayment by the company’s Medicare Advantage (MA) [...]

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