The American Hospital Association yesterday asked to meet with the team of federal officials that will decide how the government will repay 340B hospitals for five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts. The amount of refunds
…Articles by : Tom Mirga, Editor at Large
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EMD Serono Is the Second Drug Maker Today to Impose Conditions on 340B Contract Pharmacy, and the 21st Overall
EMD Serono today became the 21st pharmaceutical manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B pricing involving drug shipments to contract pharmacies.
Bayer announced conditions on 340B sales involving contract pharmacies earlier today. The companies’ announcements came two days after
…Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals starting March 1 is imposing limits on hospitals’ replenishment orders of 340B-priced drugs shipped to contract pharmacies. It said it is voluntarily letting 340B grantee covered entities continue to use multiple contract pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs.
…Covered entities may still use the 340B program under drug manufacturers’ conditions on the use of contract pharmacies, and while they “cannot squeeze as much revenue out of it as they once could, drug makers need not help them maximize
…A Virginia House subcommittee last week voted 3-2 against a Democrat’s bill to require more accountability from 340B hospitals about how they use 340B program revenues.
In a reversal of their parties’ normal stances on 340B nationally, Democrats voted for
…In his inaugural column for Verity Solutions, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky offers insights “on what to expect in Washington, D.C., and the states in 2023 when it comes to the 340B program.”
Slafsky in the column makes
…A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled 3-0 this morning that “Congress never said that drug makers must deliver discounted Section 340B drugs to an unlimited number of contract pharmacies.”
“By trying to enforce that supposed requirement, the government overstepped
…A Virginia House subcommittee is voting later today on a Democrat’s bill to require more accountability from 340B hospitals—a direct consequence of The New York Times’ exposé about alleged 340B program misuse involving a Richmond, Va., hospital.
The scheduled vote
…With a two-year implementation delay nearly over, New York State is poised to fold its Medicaid managed care prescription drug benefits into its Medicaid fee for service system on April 1. State 340B health care providers that serve high volumes
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