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The National Association of Community Health Centers and the California Primary Care Association filed briefs in federal district court in Sacramento in a case that seeks to reverse California’s shift of Medicaid pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

Calif. Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer Will Harm Care at 340B Health Centers, National and State Groups Tell Court

National and state health center associations have filed amicus briefs in a lawsuit over California’s shift of Medicaid pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. They say the move will cost 340B providers in the state millions in savings needed to serve low-income patients.  

In Feb. 14 friend of the court briefs filed in federal district court in Sacramento, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) urged the court to reverse Gov. Gavin Newsom’s January 2019 executive order to consolidate Medi-Cal (Medicaid) managed care and FFS drug benefits under a new state program, Medi-Cal Rx. The transfer occurred in January 2021.

National and state health center associations have filed amicus briefs in a lawsuit over California’s shift of Medicaid pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. They say the move will cost 340B providers in the state millions in savings needed to serve low-income patients.

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