CMS late this afternoon proposed how it will repay 340B hospitals for $10.5 billion in illegal Medicare Part B drug payment cuts.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to provide lump sum Medicare Part B drug payments to 340B [...] …
The House E&C Committee passed a bill to impose reporting requirements on 340B DSH hospitals and potentially other entities. The committee passed another bill that could expose all types of 340B covered entities to separate reporting requirements.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed two bills today to impose 340B program reporting requirements on hospitals and other [...] …
Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), who has led high-profile 340B-related legislation, will retire at the end of this Congress.
In a significant development, a GOP-led U.S. House health subcommittee this afternoon voted 16 to 12 along party lines to [...] …
Excerpts from 340B FAQs that HRSA (top) and the 340B prime vendor Apexus (bottom) have removed from their websites.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration midday yesterday and the 340B prime vendor Apexus this morning, in connection with [...] …
GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer announced updates to their 340B contract pharmacy policies to comply with new state laws that will take effect in July.
UPDATE Friday, March 31, 2023, 6:45 p.m. EDT—Story updated with comment from the National Association of Community Health Centers. Drug [...] …
PhRMA, NACHC, and and the National Hispanic Medical Association created a new group, ASAP 340B, and issued a 10-point plan to ensure that the 340B program “benefits patients and true safety-net providers, including rural hospitals.”
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and the National Hispanic Medical Association this [...] …
Beginning Oct. 1, EMD Serono will extend its contract pharmacy restrictions to all 340B covered entities.
EMD Serono today became the 21st pharmaceutical manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B pricing involving drug shipments to contract pharmacies. [...] …
Bayer will no longer exempt federal grantees from its 340B contract pharmacy policy as of Oct. 1.
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals starting March 1 is imposing limits on hospitals’ replenishment orders of 340B-priced drugs shipped to contract pharmacies. [...] …
A federal appeals court ruled today that the 340B statute does not compel drug manufacturers to deliver 340B-purchased drugs "wherever and to whomever a buyer demands."
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled 3-0 this morning that “Congress never said that drug makers must deliver discounted [...] …
The Wall Street Journal's long article today about hospital participation in 340B comes three months after a similar lengthy critique by The New York Times.
A growing number of hospitals that do not qualify for 340B drug discounts as disproportionate share hospitals are enrolling instead [...] …
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