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HHS Briefs House E&C Committee Staff on Restructuring, Senate HELP Postpones Kennedy Hearing

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tentatively set to testify before the Senate HELP panel April 10 on his department's restructuring, a hearing which was ultimately postponed.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials last week briefed the Republican and Democratic staff of a key [...]

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Drugmakers Ask Court to Rule in Favor of 340B Rebate Model, Reject Hospitals’ Arguments; Kalderos Opposes 340B Health’s Amicus Brief

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
Drug manufacturers and a drug industry vendor recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court in various lawsuit filings to reject hospitals and the government’s arguments against implementing a 340B rebate model.
Four major drug manufacturers and a drug industry vendor recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court to reject the government [...]

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HHS Layoffs, Restructuring Don’t Appear to Have Affected 340B Yet, But Sources Say Program Could Move to CMS

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
The recent HHS restructuring has not had much of an impact on the 340B program, but that could change if the agency moves oversight of the program to CMS, sources said this week.
The Trump administration’s recent efforts to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—including division consolidations and the elimination [...]

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Senate Confirms ‘Dr. Oz’ as CMS Administrator on Party-Line Vote

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
The U.S. Senate voted 53-45 along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz as the new CMS administrator.
The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz—a celebrity heart surgeon known as “Dr. Oz” for [...]

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Senate HELP Committee Asks RFK Jr. to Testify on HHS Reorganization Amid Mass Layoffs Including Up to One Third of HRSA Workforce

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
The Senate HELP Committee this week invited HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak at an upcoming hearing on major restructuring at the Department of Health and Human Services, which included reportedly up to 600 layoffs at HRSA.
The leaders of a Senate panel that oversees several key federal health agencies this week invited Health and Human Services [...]

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Drugmakers, Kalderos Again Urge Federal Court to Support 340B Rebate Model; 340B Health, Hospitals Look to File Brief 

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
Three drugmakers, drug industry vendor Kalderos and 340B hospitals filed briefs with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as part of 340B rebate legal challenges this week.
Three drugmakers that have sued the federal government to convert 340B discounts to a rebate model, and a drug industry [...]

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Genesis Health Care Launches Campaign Targeting NACHC’s ASAP 340B Partnership With PhRMA

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
340bVoice has launched a new campaign that takes aim at NACHC’s work with PhRMA as part of ASAP 340B.
340bVoice, the new advocacy arm of South Carolina-based health center Genesis Health Care, recently launched a five-figure, multi-state media campaign [...]

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U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson: ‘No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act’ Responds to Drug Industry’s Lies, Clarifies Savings’ Use 

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) told KSDN News that his “No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act” responds to drug industry-backed efforts to undermine the 340B program.
The influential sponsor of a GOP U.S. House bill that would prohibit covered entities from using 340B savings on gender-affirming [...]

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Second Sight Solutions’ Parent Company Targeted in Cyber Attack, Firm Says 340B Platforms Do Not Appear to Have Been Affected

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
Berkeley Research Group, the parent company of Second Sight Solutions, which runs both 340B ESP and Beacon Channel Management, was targeted in an early March cyberattack.
The parent company of Second Sight Solutions, which runs both contract pharmacy claims clearinghouse vendor 340B ESP and new 340B [...]

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Trump-Aligned Think Tank Proposes Lowering U.S. Drug Prices Through IRA and Other Policies, Doesn’t Weigh In on 340B Program

Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views
America First Policy Institute released a March 21 brief detailing how policymakers “could accelerate drug development and enhance patient health by implementing reforms that discourage other countries from freeloading off American drug innovation.”
A conservative think tank, which officials who served in President Donald Trump’s (R) first administration founded to advance his priorities, [...]

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