340B covered entity representatives are scrambling to respond to a U.S. House subcommittee’s unanimous approval yesterday of a bill that includes language that would make it impossible nationally for entities to earn revenue from billing state Medicaid managed care contractors
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The full House Energy & Commerce Committee as of late this morning had not yet said when it will markup 340B hospital reporting legislation that split its health subcommittee in two along party lines yesterday. The committee’s Republican majority reportedly
…Drug manufacturers Amgen and GlaxoSmithKline have notified 340B covered entities about refunds for overcharges, Amgen for sales in 2020 and GSK for sales in 2021.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted both companies’ notices on its website yesterday.
…In a significant development, a GOP-led U.S. House health subcommittee this afternoon voted 16 to 12 along party lines to pass and send to the full committee legislation to impose significant new reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals.
The
…The U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee tomorrow will markup a bill by Vice Chair Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) to impose significant annual reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals “and any other covered entity” that the U.S. Secretary of
…Correspondence in April and May 2020 between the 340B prime vendor and a law firm sheds more light on the start of a policy that the federal government ended abruptly last week that let hospitals start using 340B drugs at
…Breaking News
HRSA and Prime Vendor Yank FAQs About 340B Use in Hospital Child Sites, and GAO Issues a New 340B Study
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration midday yesterday and the 340B prime vendor Apexus this morning, in connection with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency late last night, withdrew mostly identical 340B program FAQs about use of
…U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not seek to amend a PBM oversight bill that is being marked up today to require 340B hospitals and possibly other covered entities to be more transparent about how they use money saved or
…Drug manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals said last week it would pay refunds for overcharges on 340B drugs purchased in the second quarter of 2020, including top-selling psoriasis drug Stelara.
Janssen, part of Johnson & Johnson, said it owes or may owe
…Editor’s note: New information from HRSA and Apexus obtained as we were going to press appears at the end of this article.
Hospital representatives said they were floored to learn yesterday that a June 2020 federal 340B patient eligibility policy
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