Government Averts Shutdown with 11th Hour Temporary Funding Bill, Speaker McCarthy Faces Historic Challenge

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), speaker of the U.S. House, relied on Democratic support to pass a temporary government funding bill.
The federal government narrowly avoided a shutdown this week after lawmakers scrambled to pass a stopgap bill hours before government [...]

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Ranking GOP Senator on Key Committee Opens Investigation into 340B Hospital Revenue

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, ranking Republican on the Senate HELP Committee, does not appear to have the authority to compel hospitals to respond to his inquiry on 340B revenue.
The top Republican on an influential Senate committee has opened an investigation into how two major health systems use revenue [...]

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Looming Government Shutdown Poses 340B Program Uncertainty, Potential Legal Proceeding Slowdown

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A Senate Committee recently approved the FY25 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
The government agency that oversees the 340B program will retain just over half of its staff in the event of [...]

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As Shutdown Looms, Momentum Slows on Bills with Key 340B Changes

Rep. Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) co-sponsored a PBM transparency bill with a 340B provision, but there had not been any floor or committee votes scheduled on the legislation.
As the country moves closer to a federal government shutdown, movement on two bipartisan House bills with 340B program language, [...]

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Expanding 340B Eligibility Could Double Program Size, Says Report

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An IQVIA analysis looked at the 340B program’s growth under the Affordable Care Act.
The 340B program could more than double in size if the 340B patient definition expands, according to a recent report [...]

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Senate Committee Rejects 340B Amendment to Bipartisan Health Bill

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate HELP committee, opposed an amendment that would implement 340B hospital verification requirements.
A Senate committee rejected an effort to add new 340B hospital verification requirements as part of a sweeping healthcare funding [...]

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Federal Appeals Court Judges Press Both Sides in Key Hearing on Arkansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

Chief Judge Lavenski Smith of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and two other federal judges heard highly anticipated oral arguments for PhRMA v. McClain in a case that challenges Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law.
Attorneys representing Arkansas and 340B providers sparred with a drug industry lawyer over the constitutionality of Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation 340B contract [...]

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Teva Ends 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas in Response to State Law

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The final HRSA manufacturer 340B program audit conducted in fiscal year 2023 had no adverse findings for Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Teva Pharmaceuticals this week ended its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas in response to a state law that prevents [...]

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GOP Scrutinizes Medicare Price Negotiations in House Subcommittee Hearing

A 340B hearing next week called by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the E&C Committee, will include as witnesses a policy researcher critical of 340B and a community health center leader.
Republicans and Democrats battled over Medicare price negotiation provisions under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) during a contentious Sept. 20 [...]

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Providers Split on 340B Medicaid Provisions in Major House Healthcare Package

Joe Dunn, senior vice president of public policy and research at NACHC, said his organization supported the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act.
Provider groups diverged over 340B Medicaid managed care provisions in a sweeping healthcare package on which the House of Representatives [...]

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