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Leaked HHS Budget Document Details Plans to Move 340B Program to CMS

The Trump administration appears to detail its plans to move the 340B program from HRSA to CMS in a reportedly leaked internal budget document.
President Donald Trump’s (R) preliminary budget appears to call for “new authority to regulate all aspects of the 340B program,” [...]

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GAO Report Finds HHS Must Do More to Address Drug Shortages, Doesn’t Mention 340B as a Factor

A new Government Accountability Office report recommended that HHS identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to drug shortages—particularly, with a key position that oversees such actions set to end next month.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: 5th Circuit Appeals in Louisiana, 4th Circuit Appeal in West Virginia 

Key briefs were filed recently in state contract pharmacy litigation in West Virginia and Louisiana.
Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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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