Novartis Says Its Reputation Has Been Injured By HRSA’s 340B Demand Letter

Novartis said HRSA's demand letter is hindering its “ability to recruit talent and build relationships with the stakeholders necessary to develop pharmaceuticals that patients need.” | Shutterstock

Drug manufacturer Novartis told a judge last week that the government’s May 17 public statement that the company’s actions have resulted in overcharges and are in direct violation of the 340B statute has injured Novartis’ reputation among its customers and

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White House Clears Path for HRSA to Rescind Trump’s Health Center 340B Insulin Rule

The Biden administration moved a step closer yesterday to rescinding a Trump administration rule governing what 340B health centers can charge patients for insulin and epinephrine auto-injectors. | Shutterstock

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of a key regulatory step toward rescinding the Trump administration’s final rule to require health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients at the

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Health Centers Launch a New National Advocacy Group

Kerry Hydash (left) is Board Chair and Amanda Pears Kelly is Executive Director of the new health center group Advocates for Community Health.

Community health center leaders have created a new membership organization—Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—to influence federal health care policy and “drive a new vision for the role health centers can and should play in an evolving 21st century health care

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Lynn Barr, a Value-Based Payment and 340B Champion, is Appointed to MedPAC

New MedPAC Commissioner Lynn Barr says. “I see first-hand how important the 340B program is to safety net patients and providers."

Lynn Barr, the founder and executive chair of a company that helps health systems implement value-based payment models and maximize 340B savings, has been appointed to the Medicaid Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro announced Barr’s appointment

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Judge Declines to Issue Stays Against HRSA Stemming from its May 17 Demand Letters

A federal district judge in Trenton, N.J., this week denied drug makers’ Novo Nordisk and Sanofi’s motions to temporarily stop federal health officials from forcing the companies to immediately resume offering 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

A federal district judge in Trenton, N.J., this week denied drug makers’ Novo Nordisk and Sanofi’s motions to temporarily stop federal health officials from forcing the companies to immediately resume offering 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. If

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340B DSH Hospitals More Likely To Treat Black, Disabled, and Low-Income Patients With Chronic Conditions, Study Indicates

A new hospital-funded study found that 340B disproportionate share (DSH) hospital outpatient departments are more likely than other hospital outpatient departments and independent physician offices to treat Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions who are Black, disabled, or who have low incomes. | Shutterstock

340B disproportionate share (DSH) hospital outpatient departments are more likely than other hospital outpatient departments and independent physician offices to treat Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions who are Black, disabled, or who have low incomes, a new 340B hospital-funded study

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Sanofi and Novartis Fight HRSA’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Demand Letters

Sanofi yesterday sent HRSA a long letter defending its limits on 340B contract pharmacy. | Shutterstock

Drug manufacturer Sanofi yesterday sent the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) a 30-page defense of its requirement that 340B covered entities must submit their contract pharmacy claims data to a vendor to continue to be able to access

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340B Hospitals Ask Supreme Court Again to End Steep Medicare Drug Payment Cut

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to take up a case regarding Medicare Part B cuts to 340B hospitals. | Shutterstock

National hospital groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday to review and reverse a federal appellate decision upholding a steep cut in hospitals’ Medicare Part B reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.

The American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association of American

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Two Drug Makers Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges

Drug manufacturers Xellia and Chartwell have notified 340B covered entities about possible refunds for overcharges. | Shutterstock

Drug manufacturers Xellia Pharmaceuticals and Chartwell Rx have notified 340B covered entities about possible refunds for overcharges.

Xellia Pharmaceuticals

Xellia notified 340B covered entities about refunds for overcharges on 16 NDCs for its antibiotics vancomycin, daptomycin, and colistimethate.

Xellia posted

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Brooks-LaSure Sworn in as CMS Administrator

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra (left) administers the oath of office to new CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as her husband, Allyn Brooks-LaSure looks on.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure last Thursday was formally sworn in as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), setting in place another key Biden administration official with influence on the 340B program.

Although CMS does not control federal 340B

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