ASAP 340B Hires Executive Director and Publishes FAQ in Response to Questions and Criticism

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ASAP 340B this week announced it hired an executive director and published an FAQ that responds to questions and criticism.

ASAP 340B, the nonprofit group that the drug industry and health centers formed to help advance their joint plan to remake the 340B program, has hired an executive director and published an FAQ that responds to questions and criticism. “There

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation Protests Against PhRMA/NACHC Alliance During 340B Coalition Conference

Protesters carry placards in support of the 340B drug pricing program and AHF
AIDS Healthcare Foundation held a protest march Tuesday at the 340B Coalition winter conference in California against the PhRMA/NACHC alliance to change the 340B program.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation held two demonstrations Tuesday—one outdoors and loud, the other indoors and silent—at the 340B Coalition winter conference in California to protest against the new drug industry/community health center alliance to change the 340B program.

“Let’s be clear.

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HRSA Allows Immediate 340B Enrollment in Mississippi Due to Tornadoes

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Health care providers in Mississippi can enroll in 340B immediately under program flexibilities granted in response to March 24 tornadoes that killed 21.

Health care providers in Mississippi eligible to participate in the 340B program may do so immediately, rather than having to wait for the next normal quarterly registration period July 1-15, federal health officials said yesterday.

Strong tornadoes struck the state

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HHS Secretary: 340B “Doesn’t Have the Transparency We Need”

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks at Health Subcommittee hearing
The 340B program “doesn’t have the transparency we need,” HHS Secretary Becerra said during a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee hearing today.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said today that the 340B program “doesn’t have the transparency we need” and “we are going to do what we can to make it more transparent.”

Becerra was asked about the drug

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AbbVie Puts Squeeze on 340B Pricing for Hospitals Akin to J&J and Amgen’s Recent Moves

AbbVie facility gate
AbbVie this morning significantly tightened its restrictions on 340B pricing for hospitals, along the lines of Amgen and Johnson & Johnson's recent moves.

Drug manufacturer AbbVie this morning significantly tightened its restrictions on 340B pricing for hospitals.

AbbVie has not yet responded to a request for comment about the changes. Non-hospital covered entities continue to be exempt from AbbVie’s pricing restrictions.

Drug manufacturers

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U.S. House Panel Debates 340B in Context of Health Care Transparency and Consolidation

Congresswoman Doris Matsui
“There’s been a lot of criticism of the 340B program lately and I’m concerned about the conversation on 340B happening today,” Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) said during a House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee hearing today.

The 340B program was discussed at length today during a U.S. House subcommittee hearing on price transparency and consolidation in health care, with three Republicans questioning whether hospitals are abusing the program and two Democrats and a Republican cautioning against

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RWC-340B Opposes and Hemophilia Alliance Questions PhRMA and NACHC’s Push to Remake 340B

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RWC-340B rejected and Hemophilia Alliance criticized PhRMA and NACHC's joint plan to restructure the 340B program.

Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access has announced it opposes the drug industry’s joint plan with community health centers to restructure the 340B program, saying it will increase manufacturers’ “already astronomical profits at the expense of safety net providers.”

Hemophilia

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340B Expected to Be Addressed During U.S. House Hearing Today

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The 340B program is expected to come up today during a U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee hearing.

Lawmakers and heath care policy experts are expected to discuss the 340B program this afternoon during a U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee hearing.

The hearing on lowering health care costs through more price transparency and competition starts

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N.Y. State Health Centers Sue to Stop April 1 Shift of Medicaid Managed Care Drug Benefits to Fee for Service

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Buffalo, N.Y.-based health center Evergreen Health and Harlem, N.Y.-based health health center Heritage Health and Housing asked a state court to halt Saturday's scheduled transfer of Medicaid drug benefits from managed care to fee for service.

The clock is ticking down in New York state to the scheduled April 1 transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service—a move that 340B safety net providers say would result in financial disaster.

Evergreen Health,

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Confidential Document Fleshes Out ASAP 340B’s Reform Objectives

Excerpt from a confidential PhRMA principles document
PhRMA has written an eight-page document that elaborates on its principles for 340B program reform.

A confidential document composed by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in connection with its 340B program reform initiative with the National Association of Community Health Centers fleshes out a “coalition” vision of the 10-point reform plan that the two

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