RFK Jr. Backs PBM, Drug Pricing Reform at Senate Confirmation Hearing, 340B Not Discussed but Could Come Up Today

HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered support for pharmacy benefit manager and prescription drug pricing reform, but did not comment specifically on the 340B program during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s (R) Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary nominee, offered support for pharmacy benefit [...]

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Trump Administration Signals Support for IRA Drug Price Negotiations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signaled in a Wednesday statement that it will continue the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Part D drug price negotiations.
The Trump Administration indicated Wednesday that it will continue the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare drug price negotiations, a signature [...]

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GOP Eyes 340B Commercial Pay Rate Cut, Advocates Slam Reconciliation Proposal

The House's budget options “menu" includes a proposal to prohibit 340B covered entities from charging employer-sponsored commercial insurance plans full price for 340B discounted drugs.
Congressional Republicans are considering a contentious proposal that would prohibit 340B covered entities from charging employer-sponsored commercial insurance plans full [...]

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Dr. Oz, Trump’s Pick to Lead CMS, Linked to Senior Role in Company that Partners With 340B Hospitals

ZorroRx listed Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead CMS, as its chief strategy officer and part of its “founding team” in a presentation shared with 340B Report.
Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon and former U.S. Senate candidate that President Donald Trump nominated to lead the Centers [...]

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Senate Sets Confirmation Hearings for RFK Jr.’s HHS Secretary Nomination, HHS Freezes Communications

The Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees will hold confirmation hearings on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s HHS secretary nomination on Jan. 29 and 30.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s (R) controversial pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Updates in West Virginia, Missouri

Key briefs were filed last week in litigation over state contract pharmacy access laws in West Virginia and Missouri.
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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Cassidy, Sanders Call for Passing Drug Pricing Bills as Key 340B Committee Holds First Meeting; Kennedy Confirmation Stalls

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairperson U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks at the panel's first meeting in the 119th Congress on Tuesday.
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Health, Energy, Labor and Commerce (HELP) Committee—which has jurisdiction over 340B-related [...]

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Federal 340B Lobbying Activity Held Steady in Q4 of 2024, Filings Show

More than 350 firms reported lobbying on the 340B program between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024.
The 340B drug discount program continued to be a hot topic for lobbyists in the final quarter of 2024, keeping [...]

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House E&C Health Leader Floats Major 340B Reform; Billions in Cuts to 340B Hospitals Under Consideration, Hospital Group Warns

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.), who chairs the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, said the GOP’s budget reconciliation strategy could include 340B reform.
Congress could pursue 340B program reform and spending cuts—along with other major health policy changes—as part of an expected budget [...]

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Katie Miller, Key Player in Anti-340B ‘Dark Money’ Campaign Helping RFK Jr.’s HHS Secretary Bid

Katie Miller, a principal at P2 Pathway Public Affairs, is serving as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s spokesperson during the presidential transition.
The chairperson of a political action committee with multiple links to a conservative dark money group that ran controversial ads [...]

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