Column: Why the Genesis 340B Patient Definition Court Decision Could Resolve the Contract Pharmacy Impasse

Ted Slafsky, publisher and CEO of 340B Report, writes the second part of his two-part column on the Senate "group of six" 340B discussion draft.
In what legal experts describe as a landmark decision, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled [...]

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Column: Look to The Senate for 340B Action

Ted Slafsky, publisher and CEO of 340B Report, writes the second part of his two-part column on the Senate "group of six" 340B discussion draft.
According to our history lessons, George Washington told Thomas Jefferson that the Senate was created to serve as a saucer [...]

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Column: Could the States Resolve the Contract Pharmacy Impasse?

340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky addresses enforcement actions and litigation surrounding state 340B contract pharmacy laws in his latest column.
After a recent lull in the ongoing battle over whether drug manufacturers can continue to place restrictions on access to [...]

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340B COVID-19 Flexibilities Will End May 11 as Public Health Emergency Expires

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340B program flexibilities allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire May 11, HRSA said Monday.

Certain flexibilities to the 340B program allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire May 11 alongside the PHE, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration announced Monday.

The update, which HRSA posted prominently on the Office of Pharmacy

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Dual 340B Anti-Discrimination Bills, One Protecting Discounts in Contract Pharmacy Setting, Move Forward in Missouri

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Missouri lawmakers are making progress on two different 340B anti-discrimination bills.

With just weeks to go in its legislative session, Missouri lawmakers are making progress on two different 340B anti-discrimination bills.  Last week, a key Senate committee approved SB 26, comprehensive legislation with two key priorities:  prohibiting drug manufacturers from placing

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New Mexico Governor Signs Bill Protecting 340B Providers from PBM and Payer Discrimination

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) has signed a law to prevent PBMs and insurers from discriminating against 340B providers.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a law April 7 to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from discriminating against 340B providers.  The bill includes language that prohibits payers from reimbursing 340B covered entities at a lower rate

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Baldwin, a 340B Entity Ally, Will Chair Senate Health Appropriations Subcommittee

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is the new chair of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who has a long track record of support for 340B covered entities, is the new leader of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee with influence over 340B policy.

Baldwin announced yesterday she will serve as chair

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340B Hospital Physician Affiliated with Free-Market Think Tank Says Abolishing 340B Should be on the Table in Health Affairs Essay

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“Consideration could be given to abolishing" the 340B program, Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center writes in the policy journal Health Affairs. DiGiorgio says he receives funding from a free-market think tank "on Medicaid and access to care issues."

A neurosurgeon at a San Francisco 340B hospital who once was a health policy fellow for U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and who is doing research for a free-market oriented think tank has written a stinging reply to former U.S.

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U.S. House Leaders Agree on Committee Ratios: Energy & Commerce Gets to Work 

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The composition of the House Energy & Commerce Committee in this Congress is clear now that party leaders have agreed on committee sizes and ratios.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have reached an agreement on the balance of power in committees during this Congress and are expected to formally assign members to committees as soon as this week.

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With Party Control of Congress Still Undecided, 340B Providers Lose Some Key Champions but Retain Some Heavy Hitters

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Legislation sponsored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) drew a partisan clash at a Sept. 14 hearing over changes it would implement for the 340B program.

Partisan control of Congress for the final two years of President Biden’s term in office was still undecided this morning, two days after Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Major national news organizations say Republicans are favored to take control of the House,

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