340B-Related Amendment Might Be Offered to PBM Reform Bill That Senate Panel Is Trying to Mark Up Today

Mike Braun
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) is expected offer an amendment in committee today to PBM reform legislation to require 340B hospitals to be more transparent about how they use 340B program savings.

A U.S. Senate committee is attempting to mark up bipartisan legislation today to reform the pharmacy benefit management industry. The draft bill itself does not address the 340B program. Republican Sen. Mike Braun (Ind.), however, has filed an amendment for

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Judge Denies Health Center’s Request for More Government Files in 340B Patient Definition Case

Genesis
Genesis Health Care successfully challenged HRSA's 340B patient definition in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

A federal district judge last week declined to make federal health officials give a South Carolina health center any more documents linked to the center’s brief expulsion from and subsequent reinstatement to the 340B program in 2018.

U.S. Chief District

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340B COVID-19 Flexibilities Will End May 11 as Public Health Emergency Expires

HRSA
340B program flexibilities allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire May 11, HRSA said Monday.

Certain flexibilities to the 340B program allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire May 11 alongside the PHE, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration announced Monday.

The update, which HRSA posted prominently on the Office of Pharmacy

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Astellas Notifies 340B Entities for Second Time in 2023 About a Change in Drug’s NDC

Cresemba
Astellas says for 340B replenishment, the new and old NDCs of Cresemba’s 372mg intravenous formulation are interchangable.

Drug maker Astellas will let 340B covered entities count accumulations of an injectable form of its antifungal drug Cresemba under its old National Drug Code toward replenishment of equal quantities under the product’s corresponding new NDC, provided the entities use

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AHA Tells House Panel It Opposes New 340B Hospital Reporting Requirements

Ashley Thompson
“I'm just not sure additional [340B hospital] reporting requirements are needed at this time,” AHA Senior Vice President Ashley Thompson told a U.S. House subcommittee yesterday.

An American Hospital Association senior executive told a U.S. House subcommittee yesterday her group opposes creating “significant new reporting requirements for 340B hospitals that do not reflect the true value or intent of the 340B program.”

But when asked by

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340B Abuse Claims Raised During House Hearing on Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax Status

“Right now, there’s no transparency regarding the 340B program,” Johns Hopkins University professor Ge Bai said yesterday at a U.S. House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee hearing.

The 340B program has evolved into a “buy low, sell high” drug pricing system abused by some hospitals that have profits as their main goal, a health policy researcher told lawmakers Wednesday at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.

The House

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340B Recertification for CDC Grantees Starts May 8

Recertification
Annual 340B recertification for CDC grantees will be May 8 through June 5.

This year’s annual 340B recertification period for U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control grantees—Title X family planning, sexually transmitted disease, and tuberculosis clinics—will be May 8 through June 5, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said Tuesday.

Recertification

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Daiichi-Sankyo Offering Refunds for 340B Overcharges on Two Drugs

Enhertu
Daiichi-Sankyo is offering refunds for 340B overcharges on its breast cancer drug Enhertu and cholesterol drug Welchol for Oral Suspension.

Drug manufacturer Daiichi-Sankyo is offering 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on metastatic breast cancer treatment Enhertu during Q1 2020 and on cholesterol medication Welchol for Oral Suspension during Q1 2022 and Q4 2022.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services

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New 340B Transparency Bill to be Discussed Next Week in House Hearing, U.S. Senate Bills Introduced

Bucshon bill
Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) has has written a bill to impose significant 340B program reporting requirements on disproportionate share hospitals and maybe other covered entities.

U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), vice chair of the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee, has written a bill to impose significant 340B program reporting requirements on disproportionate share hospitals and potentially other covered entities. Meanwhile, two bills have been

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HRSA Administrator Open to Congress’ Help Ensuring 340B Accountability and Transparency

Carole Johnson
HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson said during a House hearing yesterday she would welcome congressional help ensuring there is “accountability and transparency” in 340B.

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Administrator Carole Johnson said on Capitol Hill yesterday that HRSA would welcome congressional help ensuring there is “accountability and transparency” in the 340B program.

Johnson was answering questions from Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) during

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