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U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Drafting Drug Shortages Bill

July 18, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) says the panel plans to circulate a draft drug shortage bill in the coming weeks.

The U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee plans to circulate a draft drug shortage bill in the coming weeks, committee [...]

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Judge Rejects 340B Provider Challenge to California Medicaid Drug Payment Shift

July 18, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., dismissed a lawsuit on July 17 aimed at reversing the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drugs benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., recently dismissed a lawsuit aimed at reversing the state’s January 2022 transfer of [...]

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Commentary in NEJM Backs Making Hospitals Report Gross Profits from 340B

July 18, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

To encourage nonprofit hospitals to do more for their communities, policymakers could examine how hospitals are using their gross profit from the 340B program, an opinion article in The New England Journal of Medicine says.

The 340B drug pricing program has evolved from a “buy low, sell low” program to help safety-net hospitals serve low-income [...]

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340B Is “Off the Rails,” Civil Rights Leader Chavis Says in Nationally Syndicated Op-Ed

July 18, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Health system greed has “made a mockery” of the 340B program, civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis says in nationally syndicated op-ed published by multiple African American news organizations.

Health system greed has “made a mockery” of the 340B drug pricing program and leads to practices that widen health [...]

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Medicare Part B Keeping Default Pay Rate for 340B Drugs, Says OPPS Proposed Rule

July 18, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Medicare Part B plans to continue paying average sales price plus 6% for for 340B acquired drugs and biologicals in 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said July 13.

Medicare Part B plans to continue paying the statutory default rate—generally average sales price plus 6%—for 340B acquired drugs and [...]

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Asks Court to Pause Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

July 18, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked a federal district court last week for a preliminary injunction against Medicare drug price negotiation.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked a federal district court in Ohio last week to stop Medicare from implementing the [...]

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In What Could be a First, Drug Maker Gives Providers Deadline to Request 340B Overcharge Refunds

July 13, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Drug manufacturer VistaPharm says requests for refunds for 340B overcharges must be received before Aug. 31. No manufacturer is believed to have set such a deadline before, and it's unclear if VistaPharm is the first to say refunds are available upon request.

Generic and over-the-counter drug manufacturer VistaPharm said in a public notice this week that it has identified 340B covered entities [...]

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Some 340B Hospitals Might Get Less Than Expected Under Fix for Illegal Medicare Drug Payment Cuts

July 13, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

CMS's projections of what it owes 340B hospitals for unlawful Medicare Part B drug payment cuts might not align with what health systems and hospitals expect to get.

A $9 billion Medicare proposal to repay 340B hospitals for unlawful Part B drug payment cuts includes a spreadsheet showing [...]

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Providers March to Capitol Hill for Second Straight Year to ‘Defend 340B’

July 13, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Around 50 340B provider advocates marched to the U.S. Capitol yesterday to urge Congress to defend the drug pricing program. Nonprofit group CV340B organized the demonstration.

On a sunny, humid, 92-degree afternoon in Washington, D.C., over 50 safety-net health care providers marched to the U.S. Capitol [...]

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Providers Celebrate 340B Medicare Drug Payment Fix, Object to How It’s Funded

July 11, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

CMS today formally published in the Federal Register its proposed remedy for illegal Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for many 340B hospitals from 2018 through 2022.

Provider groups widely celebrated the Medicare proposal to provide a $9 billion lump sum payment to reimburse 340B hospitals for [...]

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