Little Chance Congress Clears 340B Overhaul in 2023—Unless Courts Act, Say Lobbyists

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Key House Republicans on Tuesday introduced long-awaited—and contentious—legislation to overhaul the 340B program.
Congress is unlikely to clear any major reform of the 340B in the remaining months of 2023, unless spurred by [...]

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Boehringer Ingelheim Sues to Block Medicare Price Negotiations

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Boehringer Ingelheim sued the federal government to block Medicare price negotiations shortly before its diabetes drug was picked for negotiations.
Drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) sued the federal government to block Medicare price negotiations shortly before the Department of Health [...]

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Lawmaker Sponsoring 340B Transparency Bill Honored by PhRMA-Provider Group

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Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Indiana) received the "Saving America’s 340B Program Leadership Award" award from ASAP 340B.
The congressional sponsor of legislation that would require hospitals and potentially other covered entities to publicly report their 340B revenue, [...]

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HHS Announces First 10 Drugs Eligible for Medicare Price Negotiations

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CMS issued the final rule to implement a $9 billion lump sum payment to 340B hospitals for previous illegal cuts between 2018 and 2021.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the first 10 prescription drugs eligible for Medicare price negotiations [...]

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Health Center Leaders Urge Boards to Push State, Federal Support of 340B

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The National Association of Community Health Centers’ CHI and Expo addressed the advocacy role of health center boards of directors.
The boards of directors of health centers need to take on a bigger advocacy role in support of the 340B [...]

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AHA Urges Dropping Bill Language to Exclude Generic Injectables from 340B

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AHA officials penned a Medical Economics op-ed on “the truth behind growth of the 340B prescription drug program.”
The nation’s largest hospital advocacy organization urged legislators to drop a provision from draft legislation that would exclude generic injectables [...]

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340B Lobbying Activity Experiences Historic Surge

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Key House Republicans on Tuesday introduced long-awaited—and contentious—legislation to overhaul the 340B program.
The hiring of lobbyists in the congressional legislative fight over 340B was dominated by pharmaceutical firms and provider-manufacturer alliances in [...]

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Let For-Profit Hospitals Into 340B, Trade Association Tells Senators

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The Federation of American Hospitals has asked six U.S. senators to let for-profit hospitals join the 340B program.
Congress should let for-profit hospitals into the 340B drug pricing program as “a long overdue evolutionary step” that will advance [...]

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Government Watchdog Reissues Controversial Finding on Adverse Incentives in 340B Program

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GAO restated its controversial 2015 finding that 340B covered entities prescribe more drugs or more expensive drugs than necessary.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office late last month restated its controversial recommendation that Congress take actions to reduce incentives for [...]

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Bipartisan AG Group Urges Senate to Protect 340B Contract Pharmacy Agreements, Require Provider Transparency

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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) led a bipartisan group of state attorneys general urging changes to the 340B program.
Twenty-three state attorneys general urged a group of U.S. senators crafting a legislative overhaul of the 340B program to add [...]

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