The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday asked U.S. House and Senate party leaders to ensure that a must-pass spending bill next month protects hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the
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Three drug manufacturers—including two that have imposed conditions on 340B contract pharmacy—posted public notices this week to 340B covered entities about refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Novo Nordisk’s notices came to light yesterday
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U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week that new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms.”
“The average net price for brand-name
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Groups that represent 340B hospitals yesterday slammed the multi-point 340B contract pharmacy policy that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) released last Friday.
Representatives of grantee covered entities, which BMS exempted from its contract pharmacy restrictions involving most of its products, overwhelmingly
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Leonard Stark, the federal judge who presided over AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit from its start last year, is on the verge of being elevated to a higher court, possibly by the end of this week. If that happens before
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340B program flexibilities will continue under the eighth 90-day extension of the COVID-19 national public health emergency (PHE) late last week.
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra renewed the PHE on Friday, Jan. 14.
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) yesterday became the 12th drug manufacturer to impose restrictions on 340B pricing when hospitals and grantee covered entities contract with pharmacies to dispense drugs to patients.
According to late-day email messages from BMS to 340B
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The National Association of Community Health Centers said in an email to its contacts yesterday that Tom Van Coverden, 74, hired by NACHC in 1975 and its leader for decades, has taken leave and been replaced by an interim president
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The 340B Coalition, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, decided Tuesday to give registrants for its upcoming Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 winter conference in San Diego, Calif., the option of attending in person or remotely via an online portal.
Apexus,
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Bills have been filed in at least five state legislatures to protect 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies from discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
Sixteen states have enacted one or more such laws since 2019, according to
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