340B Lobbying Remained Strong in Early 2025, Filings Show

Just over 300 firms listed the 340B program in their first quarter lobbying disclosure forms that were due April 21.
While much of the focus in Washington, D.C. has been on confirmation hearings and budget matters, the 340B program continued [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: Appellate Court Briefings on 340B Laws in West Virginia, Louisiana

Key briefs were filed recently in state contract pharmacy litigation in two federal appeals court.
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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Health System CEOs Meet with RFK Jr. and Encourage Him to Preserve and Strengthen 340B at HHS Roundtable 

The CEOs of Cincinnati’s Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, Kansas-based HaysMed and Minnesota’s Riverwood Healthcare Center met with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week. (Photo courtesy: Kennedy's X post.)
The leaders of four health systems recently met with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and [...]

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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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