About 100 safety-net provider advocates marched and chanted yesterday on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to raise awareness in Congress and beyond about threats to the 340B drug pricing program.
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Healthcare providers can suppress attacks on and build support for the 340B program by doing more to show the program helps vulnerable patients, the anesthesiologist who served as President Trump’s surgeon general said yesterday.
Groups that represent 340B hospitals yesterday asked a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., to immediately halt a nearly 30% Medicare Part B payment cut in place since 2018 for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
…Purdue Pharma’s Avrio Health subsidiary is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on Betasept antiseptic surgical scrub for purchases spanning 16 years—from Q2 2005 through Q2 2021.
…Senate Democrats said yesterday they would know this week whether an updated Senate drug pricing bill meets the criteria for passage via budget reconciliation, which requires just 50 Democratic votes.
…The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration overnight posted a new Contract Pharmacy Services page on the 340B program website that addresses requirements for covered entities but not for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
…There’s been a burst of activity in federal appellate lawsuits over the legality of drug manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies.
…Hospital groups and health systems asked a federal appeals court on Monday to send their successful U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit over Medicare Part B reimbursement cuts for 340B drugs back to a district court for more proceedings.
The Biden administration yesterday repealed Trump administration final rules that it said hindered the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) ability “to issue guidance, bring enforcement actions, and take other appropriate actions that advance the department’s mission.”
…Congress’ attitude toward the 340B program will likely change in 2023 and 2024 because of November’s midterm election results, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky predicts in his latest column for Omnicell.
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