Articles by : Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer

HRSA Defends 340B Hospital Drug Purchasing Restrictions Policy, Asks Federal Court to Reject Premier’s Challenge

May 28, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS attorneys recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court to uphold a 2013 HRSA policy and reject Premier's claim that it unlawfully restricts how certain 340B hospitals can purchase initial drug inventory.

The Trump administration this month urged a Washington D.C. federal court to uphold a 2013 Health Resources and Services Administration [...]

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Vermont House Modifies 340B Contract Pharmacy Access and Hospital Reporting Bill, Hospital Advocates Voice Concerns About Changes

May 28, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Vermont House lawmakers voted Friday to approve an amended contract pharmacy access bill, which includes price caps on some hospitals that has raised concerns from some state health systems.

The Vermont House on Friday approved a 340B contract pharmacy access bill with Senate-backed hospital reporting requirements and a new [...]

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340B Provider-Drugmaker Lobbying Group Adds Hospital, Drugmaker: Key Thune Staffer Departs for Private Sector

May 22, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The 340B Working Table has added Boston Medical Center Health System and Takeda Pharmaceuticals America to its list of members.

A novel lobbying group established by 340B provider organizations and one of the world’s largest drugmakers recently added another major [...]

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Genentech Tightens Contract Pharmacy Restrictions to Require Hospital Claims Data, Targets 340B Drug Redistribution; 340B Lawyer Pushes Back

May 22, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Genentech updated its contract pharmacy restrictions to impose new claims data submissions and prevent covered entities from shipping 340B drugs to other locations through “alternate distribution models” or other channels.

A California-based drugmaker this week updated its contract pharmacy restrictions to impose new claims data submissions for hospitals and prevent [...]

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RFK Jr. Tells Senate Panel 340B Program ‘Controversial’ But Important to Rural Hospitals; HHS Releases MFN Targets for Drugmakers

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the 340B program plays an important role for rural hospitals despite being “very controversial."

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the 340B program [...]

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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

ADAP Advocacy, a drug industry funded group, recently released a minute-long ad that argues 340B unduly benefits providers and could be rife with “fraud, waste and abuse.”

A pharmaceutical industry-funded HIV/AIDS advocacy group is taking aim at the 340B program—questioning if it’s “too big to fail”—in a [...]

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B advocates offered tepid responses to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program on Wednesday.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program—which 340B Report broke [...]

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The American Hospital Association urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a May 9 letter to reject drugmakers’ efforts to impose 340B rebate models.

A key hospital group recently urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject drugmaker 340B [...]

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House E&C Committee Advances Reconciliation Budget’s Health Provisions Along Party Lines after 24-Plus Hours of Contentious Debate

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the reconciliation budget’s health portion on a 30 to 24 Wednesday vote on party lines.

A key U.S. House Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to approve the GOP’s wide-ranging health care reconciliation budget provisions—some [...]

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Weighs in on 340B Program Publicly for 1st Time

May 14, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told House lawmakers Wednesday that he could not confirm reports that HHS is seeking to shift 340B to CMS due to a “court order."

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided his first public remarks on the 340B program Wednesday [...]

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Articles by : Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer

HRSA Defends 340B Hospital Drug Purchasing Restrictions Policy, Asks Federal Court to Reject Premier’s Challenge

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Vermont House Modifies 340B Contract Pharmacy Access and Hospital Reporting Bill, Hospital Advocates Voice Concerns About Changes

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340B Provider-Drugmaker Lobbying Group Adds Hospital, Drugmaker: Key Thune Staffer Departs for Private Sector

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Genentech Tightens Contract Pharmacy Restrictions to Require Hospital Claims Data, Targets 340B Drug Redistribution; 340B Lawyer Pushes Back

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RFK Jr. Tells Senate Panel 340B Program ‘Controversial’ But Important to Rural Hospitals; HHS Releases MFN Targets for Drugmakers

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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

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