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Novo Nordisk Files Suit to Block $100,000 Arkansas Fine for 340B Contract Pharmacy Violations

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
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Novo Nordisk and the Arkansas Insurance Department are at odds over whether a federal district court should intervene in the enforcement of Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law.
Danish drug giant Novo Nordisk filed suit Thursday to stop a proposed $100,000 fine from Arkansas over alleged violations of [...]

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Hospitals Defend 340B Compliance Amid Influential Senator’s Investigation

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
Sen. Bill Cassidy
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) expanded his ongoing inquiry into 340B revenue with letters to two major contract pharmacies.
The two hospital systems subject to a senator’s investigation into 340B program revenue have said they are fully compliant with [...]

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Government Averts Shutdown with 11th Hour Temporary Funding Bill, Speaker McCarthy Faces Historic Challenge

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), speaker of the U.S. House, relied on Democratic support to pass a temporary government funding bill.
The federal government narrowly avoided a shutdown this week after lawmakers scrambled to pass a stopgap bill hours before government [...]

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Ranking GOP Senator on Key Committee Opens Investigation into 340B Hospital Revenue

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
Bill Cassidy
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ranking Republican on the Senate HELP Committee, does not appear to have the authority to compel hospitals to respond to his inquiry on 340B revenue.
The top Republican on an influential Senate committee has opened an investigation into how two major health systems use revenue [...]

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Looming Government Shutdown Poses 340B Program Uncertainty, Potential Legal Proceeding Slowdown

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
US Capitol
Congress is unlikely to pass a 340B program overhaul in 2024 unless there is unexpected pressure from appellate court decisions or a Senate "group of 6" breakthrough, attorneys and lobbyists said.
The government agency that oversees the 340B program will retain just over half of its staff in the event of [...]

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Senate Committee Rejects 340B Amendment to Bipartisan Health Bill

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate HELP committee, opposed an amendment that would implement 340B hospital verification requirements.
A Senate committee rejected an effort to add new 340B hospital verification requirements as part of a sweeping healthcare funding [...]

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GOP Scrutinizes Medicare Price Negotiations in House Subcommittee Hearing

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the E&C Committee, and other Republican committee members criticized Medicare price negotiations in an oversight hearing this week.
Republicans and Democrats battled over Medicare price negotiation provisions under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) during a contentious Sept. 20 [...]

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House Subcommittee to Examine GOP Drug Shortages Bill with 340B Provisions

William Newton Washington Correspondent Views
House Committee on E&C wall plaque
The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will review a draft drug shortages bill with 340B program implications.
A Sept. 14 House subcommittee hearing will review draft legislation, which would exclude certain generic drugs from the 340B program [...]

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Coming Major GOP Healthcare Package Includes 340B Medicaid Provisions

Rich Daly Editor in Chief Views
A GOP bill expected to be introduced in the U.S. House contains provisions on Medicaid managed care 340B payments.
Republican House leaders were expected introduce—as soon as Sept. 8—and quickly advance a combined package of healthcare bills that includes [...]

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Little Chance Congress Clears 340B Overhaul in 2023—Unless Courts Act, Say Lobbyists

Rich Daly Editor in Chief Views
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Lobbyists say Congress is unlikely to clear any major reform of the 340B in the remaining months of 2023 in the absence of a major court decision.
Congress is unlikely to clear any major reform of the 340B in the remaining months of 2023, unless spurred by [...]

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