Drug manufacturer Gilead on Wednesday added 45-day time limits for replenishment orders and claims submissions to its conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
Ten manufacturers require covered entities to provide claims data to industry contractor 340B
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UPDATE Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 2:50 p.m. EDT—CVS Health issued this statement: “We do not comment on specific PBM client contract terms. Our clients are sophisticated purchasers, and we work closely with them to customize a benefit design meeting their
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The federal government told a federal appeals court in Philadelphia yesterday it should use “the familiar tools of statutory interpretation” to hold that drug manufacturer AstraZeneca may not unilaterally dictate how many contract pharmacies a 340B covered entity may use
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West Virginia has reinforced its groundbreaking 2019 law forbidding what providers say is pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against 340B covered entities.
An amendment passed in March that took effect June 10 clarifies that PBMs or other third-party payers may not require a
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The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) strongly urged the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday “to swiftly impose” fines on drug manufacturers that restrict shipments of 340B-purchased drugs to contract pharmacies and “hold manufacturers accountable
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340B contract pharmacy grew in affluent and White neighborhoods from 2011 to 2019 but declined in impoverished, Black, and Latino neighborhoods, raising questions about “the degree to which 340B program growth serves vulnerable communities,” according to research published this morning
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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that huge cuts in 340B hospitals’ Medicare Part B drug reimbursement in 2018 and 2019 were unlawful. It marked the end of Phase 1 of the debate over the cuts.
Phase 2 is gearing
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Six U.S. House members—three Democrats and three Republicans—are urging fellow representatives to sign a letter asking U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department leaders “to begin enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies that refuse to honor 340B discounts on prescription drugs.”
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The National Association of Community Health Centers this week strongly urged drug manufacturer Merck to eliminate “all conditions imposed on health centers to receive 340B price drugs at contract pharmacies.”
Merck’s April 28 decision to extend its restrictions on 340B pricing
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UPDATE, June 15, 2022, 12:45 p.m. EDT—The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said, “We are aware and reviewing the decision.”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that the federal government unlawfully slashed Medicare Part
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