340B trade associations and covered entities submitted public comments overwhelmingly supporting the Biden administration’s proposal to rescind a Trump-era rule requiring community health centers to pass along savings on insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients.
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly,
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Hospital trade group 340B Health has asked pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) to withdraw its plan to cut off discounts for drugs that are distributed by contract pharmacies. However, BI does not appear to be backing down and the German-based company
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to take up a case involving steep Medicare Part B payment cuts to 340B hospital-operated outpatient sites took many legal experts by surprise. However, attorneys that 340B Report conferred with believe the court will be
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More than 150 hospitals have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the latest attempt by providers to end steep cuts in 340B reimbursement at their off-campus outpatient sites.
Filed in district court in Washington, D.C.,
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Monday that Massachusetts’ Medicaid director Daniel Tsai has been named Deputy Administrator of CMS and Director of CMS’s Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS). A record 80 million
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is spurring more states to enact laws banning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from reimbursing 340B pharmacies less for prescription drugs than non-340B providers, health care lawyers say in a new paper.
According to the
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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has submitted a blistering motion asking that a lawsuit filed by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to strike down the new 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process be tossed out of court.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) told pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (ESI) this week its new 340B claims identification requirement for covered entities and their contract pharmacies “is a major overreach” and should be withdrawn immediately.
An ESI spokesperson was
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