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Long-Awaited Federal Bill to Protect Contract Pharmacy Arrangements Introduced

Doris Matsui
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced federal legislation to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.
Long-awaited federal legislation to bar drugmaker restrictions on 340B contract pharmacy arrangements was introduced today. The Mar 12 bill sponsored [...]

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Biden Budget Request Keeps OPA Funding Flat

President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget would increase HRSA funding but not the budget of OPA, the office that oversees the 340B program.
Despite the looming finalization of a major policy change, this week’s fiscal year 2025 budget request would freeze the budget [...]

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Amid Double Digit 2023 Growth in 340B, NACHC Urges Federal Over State Reform

Vacheria Keys, director of regulatory affairs at NACHC, said the organization was focused on comprehensive federal 340B reform.
Unreleased figures show “double digit growth again for the 340B program” in 2023, the leader of the 340B prime vendor [...]

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Republican Heavyweights Enter Race to Lead House Committee that Oversees 340B

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) will run to chair the House E&C Committee next session--and is considered by some lobbyists as the favorite to win--if Republicans maintain control of the House.
If House Republicans maintain control of the chamber after the November elections, several senior members will likely vie to chair [...]

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User Fees in Senate Group of Six Bill Raise Provider Concerns But Unlikely To Scuttle Bill

Bill Von Oehsen
William von Oehsen, principal at the law firm Powers, said the SUSTAIN ACT is "not going to live or die based on the user fee."
The inclusion of a provision in draft 340B reform legislation creating “user fees” on 340B covered entities (CEs) is likely [...]

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340B Arises Briefly in Much-Anticipated Senate Hearing on High Prescription Drug Prices

Joaquin Duato, CEO of J&J, said 340B "is an important program" in response to questioning from Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.).
One influential Republican senator criticized 340B and another Republican senator expressed support for the program during today’s much-awaited Senate committee [...]

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Highly Anticipated Draft 340B Bill Released by Bipartisan Senate Gang of Six

340B stakeholders that are often at odds expressed broad support for a draft of a 340B overhaul from a bipartisan group of six senators.
After more than six months of long meetings with stakeholders, a bipartisan group of six senators released draft legislation Friday [...]

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Senior HRSA Official Doubles Down on Agency’s 340B Patient Definition in Wake of Genesis Ruling

Rear Admiral Krista Pedley saluting
Rear Adm. Krista Pedley, director of HRSA's Office of Special Health Initiatives, addressed the 340B patient definition at a conference Tuesday.
A high-ranking Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) official this morning told 340B stakeholders that the agency would continue to [...]

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High-Ranking GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Quantify 340B Use Among ‘Noncitizens’

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and other influential Republican lawmakers introduced companion bills calling for a government report on 340B use among people living in the country without legal permission.
Influential Republican lawmakers have introduced companion bills in the U.S. House and Senate that call for a government report on [...]

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Latest Cassidy Probe Adds to Growing Scrutiny of 340B Contract Pharmacies, TPAs

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) expanded his 340B inquiry to CVS Health and Walgreens amid growing scrutiny over 340B contract pharmacies and TPAs.
An influential senator’s inquiry into the nation’s two largest 340B pharmacy chains comes amid growing scrutiny into 340B contract pharmacies [...]

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