There’s been a burst of activity in federal appellate lawsuits over the legality of drug manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies.
During the past two weeks, AstraZeneca, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi filed briefs restating their belief that
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Hospital groups and health systems asked a federal appeals court on Monday to send their successful U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit over Medicare Part B reimbursement cuts for 340B drugs back to a district court for more proceedings. “The government does
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The Biden administration yesterday repealed Trump administration final rules that it said hindered the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) ability “to issue guidance, bring enforcement actions, and take other appropriate actions that advance the department’s mission.”
Under ex-President
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Congress’ attitude toward the 340B program will likely change in 2023 and 2024 because of November’s midterm election results, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky predicts in his latest column for Omnicell.
It is customary for the party that
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The clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday formally notified the clerk of a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., and lawyers for three hospital groups and three health systems of the high court’s June 15 judgement in the
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U.S. Senate Democrats are hopeful that drug pricing legislation will be passed by early next month via a budget reconciliation process requiring just 50 Democratic votes, a Democratic source with knowledge of the process told 340B Report.
“Our expectation is, we’re
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Groups that represent 340B hospitals praised the Biden administration’s decision Friday to end a deep cut in the hospitals’ Medicare Part B drug reimbursement in place since 2018. They urged the government to swiftly make 340B hospitals whole for their
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the unit within the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) that runs the 340B drug discount program, refreshed the OPA site late last week. This is the
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Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts unfairly uses a Medicare pharmacy ratings system to wrongly claw back millions of dollars in drug reimbursement from pharmacies participating in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) alleges in a
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One hundred eighty-one U.S. House members—144 Democrats and 37 Republicans—urged the Biden administration on Friday to quickly impose civil monetary penalties against all drug manufacturers that restrict access to 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
“Manufacturers have received
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