Year: 2024

Bipartisan Federal Children’s Healthcare Bill with 340B Reporting Requirements Nears House Vote

July 30, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday evening to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also increase reporting requirements for certain 340B providers.

Federal lawmakers may soon vote on a bipartisan bill to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also require [...]

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PhRMA-Backed Conservative Think Tank Tells State Lawmakers Not to Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills During Annual Meeting

July 30, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Leah Vukmir, a former Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker, told legislators at ALEC's annual meeting not to support 340B contract pharmacy access legislation.

An industry-funded conservative policy group known for delivering model bills to Republican lawmakers recently urged an audience of state legislators [...]

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AHA, RWC-340B Ramp Up Critiques of ASAP 340B-Backed Bill

July 30, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AHA and RWC-340B again took aim at the 340B ACCESS Act introduced this spring.

Two major national 340B provider advocacy groups are stepping up their criticisms of the 340B ACCESS Act, arguing that the [...]

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HRSA Agrees to Send New York Times FOIA-Requested Documents

July 30, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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HRSA will review and release some of the 340B-related records the New York Times is seeking through FOIA requests.

The federal agency tasked with overseeing the 340B program will review and release some of the 340B-related records the New [...]

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Column: Three Key Observations from Efforts to Restore 340B Discounts in the States

July 30, 2024 Ted Slafsky, Publisher & CEO Views

Ted Slafsky, publisher and CEO of 340B Report, writes about efforts to pass state 340B contract pharmacy access legislation.

After six months of heated battles in the states to restore access to 340B drug discounts in the contract pharmacy [...]

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Two Hospitals Sue HRSA to Block ‘Unlawfully Authorized’ Drugmaker 340B Program Audits

July 26, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is one of two 340B hospitals to sue HRSA over approving a drugmaker audit. (Photo by M.O. Stevens)

Two 340B hospitals urged a federal district court to block drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) from conducting “unlawfully authorized” audits [...]

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Merck, Wisconsin Health System Join 340B Working Table; 300+ Firms Lobbied on 340B in Q2

July 25, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Merck and Marshfield Clinic Health System have joined the growing list of organizations in the 340B Working Table.

New Jersey-based drug manufacturing giant Merck and a large Wisconsin-based health system are the latest to join the 340B Working [...]

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Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ashcroft Calls to ‘Repeal 340B’ as State Hospitals Back Competitor in Tight Primary

July 25, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft has opposed the state's new contract pharmacy access law while campaigning.

A well-known candidate in a tightly contested Missouri Republican gubernatorial primary has called to “repeal 340B in Missouri” after the [...]

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GOP Lawmaker Grills PBM Execs on 340B Profits During House Oversight Hearing

July 25, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Rep. Diana Harshbarger said major PBMs “rigged the system” by misusing the 340B program during a recent House committee hearing.

A key Republican lawmaker accused executives of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) of “abusing” the 340B program during [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansas Cases Heat Up

July 25, 2024 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Federal district courts in Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansa recently saw various legal actions related to state 340B contract pharmacy access laws.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws this [...]

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Year: 2024

Bipartisan Federal Children’s Healthcare Bill with 340B Reporting Requirements Nears House Vote

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PhRMA-Backed Conservative Think Tank Tells State Lawmakers Not to Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills During Annual Meeting

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AHA, RWC-340B Ramp Up Critiques of ASAP 340B-Backed Bill

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HRSA Agrees to Send New York Times FOIA-Requested Documents

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Column: Three Key Observations from Efforts to Restore 340B Discounts in the States

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Two Hospitals Sue HRSA to Block ‘Unlawfully Authorized’ Drugmaker 340B Program Audits

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Merck, Wisconsin Health System Join 340B Working Table; 300+ Firms Lobbied on 340B in Q2

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Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ashcroft Calls to ‘Repeal 340B’ as State Hospitals Back Competitor in Tight Primary

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GOP Lawmaker Grills PBM Execs on 340B Profits During House Oversight Hearing

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