Category: Federal

Hospitals, Health Centers Criticize Trump’s Executive Order Over Controversial 340B Rule, Possible Medicare Payment Cuts

April 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

President Donald Trump (R) issued a wide-ranging April 15 executive order on drug pricing policy.

Hospital and health center leaders are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s (R) new executive order, criticizing its controversial 340B [...]

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Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals Could Worsen Drug Shortages, Cause Disarray in 340B Prices, Advocates Say

April 17, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

President Trump said he will implement tariffs on pharmaceuticals in the “not too distant future.” Many of the details of these potential tariffs remain unknown.

President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to place tariffs on foreign pharmaceuticals could destabilize 340B drugs’ prices unless drugmakers absorb the [...]

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GAO Report Finds HHS Must Do More to Address Drug Shortages, Doesn’t Mention 340B as a Factor

April 17, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A new Government Accountability Office report recommended that HHS identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to drug shortages—particularly, with a key position that oversees such actions set to end next month.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to [...]

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Trump Revives Controversial 340B Rule for Insulin, EpiPens in Sweeping Health Care Executive Order

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

President Donald Trump issued an April 15 executive order on drug pricing with a controversial 340B requirement for community health centers.

President Donald Trump (R) last night issued a wide-ranging health care executive order that revives a controversial 340B policy from [...]

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HHS Briefs House E&C Committee Staff on Restructuring, Senate HELP Postpones Kennedy Hearing

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

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tentatively set to testify before the Senate HELP panel April 10 on his department's restructuring, a hearing which was ultimately postponed.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials last week briefed the Republican and Democratic staff of a key [...]

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Drugmakers Ask Court to Rule in Favor of 340B Rebate Model, Reject Hospitals’ Arguments; Kalderos Opposes 340B Health’s Amicus Brief

April 10, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Drug manufacturers and a drug industry vendor recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court in various lawsuit filings to reject hospitals and the government’s arguments against implementing a 340B rebate model.

Four major drug manufacturers and a drug industry vendor recently urged a Washington D.C. federal court to reject the government [...]

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J&J Adds Unbranded Version of Stelara to 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

April 10, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

J&J has added the unbranded version of its top-selling psoriatic arthritis treatment Stelara to its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) added Ustekinumab, the unbranded version of psoriatic arthritis treatment Stelara, to its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions [...]

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HHS Layoffs, Restructuring Don’t Appear to Have Affected 340B Yet, But Sources Say Program Could Move to CMS

April 8, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The recent HHS restructuring has not had much of an impact on the 340B program, but that could change if the agency moves oversight of the program to CMS, sources said this week.

The Trump administration’s recent efforts to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—including division consolidations and the elimination [...]

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Senate Confirms ‘Dr. Oz’ as CMS Administrator on Party-Line Vote

April 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The U.S. Senate voted 53-45 along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz as the new CMS administrator.

The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz—a celebrity heart surgeon known as “Dr. Oz” for [...]

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Senate HELP Committee Asks RFK Jr. to Testify on HHS Reorganization Amid Mass Layoffs Including Up to One Third of HRSA Workforce

April 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Senate HELP Committee this week invited HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak at an upcoming hearing on major restructuring at the Department of Health and Human Services, which included reportedly up to 600 layoffs at HRSA.

The leaders of a Senate panel that oversees several key federal health agencies this week invited Health and Human Services [...]

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