Health care providers in Guam eligible to participate in the 340B program may do so immediately, rather than having to wait for the next normal quarterly registration period July 1-15, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said yesterday.
Secretary
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Drug manufacturer Merck is paying refunds for overcharges on 340B drugs purchased during the first two quarters of 2020.
Merck recently asked the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to post notices about its 340B ceiling price recalculations on the
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent its proposed remedy for almost five years of illegal Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for 340B hospitals to the White House for clearance to be published in the Federal
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to make Medicaid managed care organizations use Medicaid-specific codes and group numbers on beneficiary insurance cards to help states, MCOs, and 340B covered entities avoid invoicing manufacturers for prohibited duplicate 340B
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Arkansas’ 340B contract pharmacy law, for now the only state law of its kind, has no place in the federal 340B “closed system,” Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) recently told a federal appeals court.
“340B is a closed
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Hospital groups’ decision to support letting Congress end the 340B contract pharmacy standoff could be the breakthrough the field has been waiting for, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky writes in his latest column for Verity Solutions.
“National hospital
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Congressional GOP backers of federal reporting requirements for 340B hospitals yesterday rejected Democratic arguments that fairness dictates that those requirements be paired with 340B contract pharmacy requirements for drug manufacturers.
U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans, joined by just
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed two bills today to impose 340B program reporting requirements on hospitals and other health care providers.
They were among 19 health care, telecommunications, and energy bills that the committee marked up today.
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340B provider groups won some concessions on controversial Medicaid managed care drug billing language that the full U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee is marking up tomorrow, lobbyists say. Efforts to get more changes continue.
The committee announced late
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A once-dead lawsuit that accuses drug makers of colluding to deny 340B pricing on insulin and diabetes drugs shipped to contract pharmacies is going to be heard July 20 in federal district court in Rochester, N.Y.
Chief Judge Elizabeth Wolford
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