Correspondence in April and May 2020 between the 340B prime vendor and a law firm sheds more light on the start of a policy that the federal government ended abruptly last week that let hospitals start using 340B drugs at
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Articles by : Tom Mirga, Editor at Large
Drug manufacturer Sanofi late yesterday afternoon toughened its policy on 340B pricing involving the use of contract pharmacies. Its announcement came about two hours after Merck made a similar move.
Sanofi’s original policy applied to disproportionate share hospitals, rural
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Merck Toughens Conditions on 340B Pricing for Hospitals and Health Centers Effective June 12
Drug manufacturer Merck today stiffened its conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and community health centers use contract pharmacies to dispense most Merck drugs to patients.
Merck told covered entities about the changes in a letter delivered by email
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HRSA and Prime Vendor Yank FAQs About 340B Use in Hospital Child Sites, and GAO Issues a New 340B Study
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration midday yesterday and the 340B prime vendor Apexus this morning, in connection with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency late last night, withdrew mostly identical 340B program FAQs about use of
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not seek to amend a PBM oversight bill that is being marked up today to require 340B hospitals and possibly other covered entities to be more transparent about how they use money saved or
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A Louisiana Senate health committee yesterday passed a bill that will stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements, rejecting an amendment that would have stripped the language from the measure.
HB 548, which also would prohibit pharmacy benefit
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Editor’s note: New information from HRSA and Apexus obtained as we were going to press appears at the end of this article.
Hospital representatives said they were floored to learn yesterday that a June 2020 federal 340B patient eligibility policy
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A U.S. House Energy & Commerce subcommittee plans next week to markup bills on transparency and competition in health care and send them to the full committee for votes before Memorial Day. Although its Republican vice chair’s draft 340B bill
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said late Friday that when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends on Thursday, so too will a nearly three-year-old policy clarification that lets hospitals under certain conditions dispense 340B drugs at offsite outpatient
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Hospital group 340B Health and the American Hospital Association both have decided to support federal legislation to prohibit drug manufacturer restrictions on 340B covered entities’ use of contract pharmacies. A senior AHA official was quoted in a news article just
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