President Biden is scheduled this afternoon to sign a $1.5 trillion federal appropriations bill with language to help some hospitals forced out of the 340B program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill also gives the U.S. Health Resources and Services
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Contract pharmacy growth patterns differ between 340B hospital and non-hospital entities, suggesting they may use 340B differently and should be subject to different 340B rules, new research in the American Journal of Managed Care concludes.
The authors, who previously have
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Janssen Pharmaceuticals is giving 340B entities refunds for overcharges on 14 NDCs during the third and fourth quarters of 2019, according to a public notice on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website.
“The revisions were due to
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The U.S. Senate last night passed a $1.5 trillion federal appropriations bill with language to help some hospitals forced out of the 340B program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The House passed the bill Wednesday night. President Biden is expected
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The U.S. House last night passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill with language to help hospitals whose admission patterns have been so disrupted by COVID-19 that their Medicare disproportionate share (DSH) adjustment percentages have fallen below the levels needed
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Pharmaceutical manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi on Tuesday laid out their cases for the next phase of the legal battle over their conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. The cases are before the U.S. Court of
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Drug manufacturer AbbVie had added its best-selling cancer medicine Imbruvica to its restrictions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies, effective April 1.
AbbVie contractor 340B ESP posted a policy update from AbbVie on its website on March 1.
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Legislation addressing hospitals’ loss of eligibility for 340B drug discounts due to COVID-19-related changes in payer mix could reach President Biden before Friday at midnight. The language would not be as beneficial to such hospitals as standalone bipartisan bills in
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Non-hospital 340B covered entities have formed a group called 340B Grantees to fight on their own behalf on legislation, in courts, and perhaps in politics at the federal and state levels.
340B Grantees hasn’t formally announced itself yet and is
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It is time for Congress to make it crystal clear that contract pharmacies are integral to the 340B program, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky writes in his latest column for Omnicell’s blog.
Federal courts have struck down federal
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