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HRSA Defends 340B Hospital Drug Purchasing Restrictions Policy, Asks Federal Court to Reject Premier’s Challenge

May 28, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS attorneys recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court to uphold a 2013 HRSA policy and reject Premier's claim that it unlawfully restricts how certain 340B hospitals can purchase initial drug inventory.

The Trump administration this month urged a Washington D.C. federal court to uphold a 2013 Health Resources and Services Administration [...]

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House GOP Lawmaker Spartz Introduces Bill That 340B Provider Advocates Say Would Drive Them Out of the Program and Potentially Force Closures

May 28, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) introduced the legislation (H.R. 3222), known as the “Stopping Medicare Abuses to Restore Trust in Health Care Act” or SMART Health Care Act, on May 6. 340B provider advocates strongly oppose the bill's 340B provisions.

An Indiana congresswoman recently introduced a controversial U.S. House bill that could potentially require 340B covered entities to pass all [...]

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340B Provider-Drugmaker Lobbying Group Adds Hospital, Drugmaker: Key Thune Staffer Departs for Private Sector

May 22, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The 340B Working Table has added Boston Medical Center Health System and Takeda Pharmaceuticals America to its list of members.

A novel lobbying group established by 340B provider organizations and one of the world’s largest drugmakers recently added another major [...]

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Federal Judges Allows 340B Hospital Advocacy Group to Intervene in J&J Rebate Lawsuit

May 20, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A federal district judge in Washington, D.C. will allow a hospital advocacy group to intervene in another drugmaker 340B rebate lawsuit.

A federal district judge last Friday allowed a key hospital trade group to intervene in Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) lawsuit [...]

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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

ADAP Advocacy, a drug industry funded group, recently released a minute-long ad that argues 340B unduly benefits providers and could be rife with “fraud, waste and abuse.”

A pharmaceutical industry-funded HIV/AIDS advocacy group is taking aim at the 340B program—questioning if it’s “too big to fail”—in a [...]

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Federal Judge Upholds HHS’ Right to Pre-Approve 340B Rebates, Tosses Four of Five Drugmaker Lawsuits

May 16, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia largely sided with HHS and against the drug industry in multiple 340B rebate lawsuits.

A federal district judge has upheld the federal government’s authority to require agency approval of drugmaker 340B rebate models, dealing [...]

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B advocates offered tepid responses to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program on Wednesday.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program—which 340B Report broke [...]

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The American Hospital Association urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a May 9 letter to reject drugmakers’ efforts to impose 340B rebate models.

A key hospital group recently urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject drugmaker 340B [...]

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House E&C Committee Advances Reconciliation Budget’s Health Provisions Along Party Lines after 24-Plus Hours of Contentious Debate

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the reconciliation budget’s health portion on a 30 to 24 Wednesday vote on party lines.

A key U.S. House Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to approve the GOP’s wide-ranging health care reconciliation budget provisions—some [...]

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Weighs in on 340B Program Publicly for 1st Time

May 14, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told House lawmakers Wednesday that he could not confirm reports that HHS is seeking to shift 340B to CMS due to a “court order."

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided his first public remarks on the 340B program Wednesday [...]

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HRSA Defends 340B Hospital Drug Purchasing Restrictions Policy, Asks Federal Court to Reject Premier’s Challenge

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House GOP Lawmaker Spartz Introduces Bill That 340B Provider Advocates Say Would Drive Them Out of the Program and Potentially Force Closures

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340B Provider-Drugmaker Lobbying Group Adds Hospital, Drugmaker: Key Thune Staffer Departs for Private Sector

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Federal Judges Allows 340B Hospital Advocacy Group to Intervene in J&J Rebate Lawsuit

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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

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