CMS Announces Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Dates

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CMS will publish the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program by Sept. 1.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will publish the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program by Sept. 1, CMS announced yesterday.

The negotiated maximum fair prices for these drugs

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Breaking: Judge Declines to Order HHS to Promptly Repay 340B Hospitals for Illegal Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Cuts

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A federal district court in Washington, D.C., declined to order HHS to promptly repay hospitals for illegal Part B drug payment cuts spanning five years.

A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., this morning ruled that Medicare Part B underpayments to hospitals for 340B drugs from 2018 to 2022 were unlawful. But in a disappointment for the hospital groups that sued, the judge declined to

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U.S. District Court Orders 340B Report to Destroy and Not Divulge Legally Obtained Information in 340B Patient Definition Case

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A federal district court ordered 340B Report to destroy and not divulge the contents of legally obtained records filed by the federal government in a lawsuit over the 340B patient definition.

A federal district court in South Carolina ordered 340B Report late yesterday to destroy and not release information from more than 9,000 pages of documents that the federal government filed in a public database Thursday in a community health center’s

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Congressional Committee Lineups Still in Flux After McCarthy Installed as House Speaker

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U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) takes the podium Jan. 7 after being elected as House Speaker.

The members, GOP chairs, and top-ranking Democrats of U.S. House committees for the 118th Congress still had not been formally announced this morning, three days after Republicans chose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to be House speaker.

It took four days

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CMS Plans in April to Address Potential Remedies for Illegal Drug Payment Cuts for 340B Hospitals

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CMS plans to issue a proposed rule in April regarding “potential remedies” for illegal Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals from 2018 through late September 2022.

Federal Medicare officials plan to issue a proposed rule in April regarding “potential remedies” for illegal Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals from 2018 through late September 2022.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed April as

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340B Provider Ally Stabenow Will Not Seek Re-Election to U.S. Senate in 2024

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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, depriving 340B covered entities of a reliable ally.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, a decision that will deprive 340B covered entities of a reliable ally in Congress.

Stabenow issued a statement yesterday announcing her decision. She was one of six senators—three

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Janssen Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges During Q1 2020

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Janssen Pharmaceuticals is providing refunds to 340B covered entities for overcharges on 14 NDCs during Q1 2020.

Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals division is providing refunds to 340B covered entities for overcharges on 14 NDCs during Q1 2020.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) posted J&J’s refund notice yesterday. The company said the 340B

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PhRMA Takes its Fight Against Arkansas 340B Law to Federal Appeals Court

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PhRMA has asked the federal appeals court in St. Louis to overturn a lower court's ruling that federal law does not preempt Arkansas’s novel 340B anti-discrimination law.

Brand drug manufacturers have asked a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling last month that Arkansas’s novel 340B anti-discrimination law is not preempted by the 340B statute nor by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Evaluation and

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Alcon Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges on 22 Products

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Alcon is providing refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices on 22 NDCs for varying sales periods from Q3 2019 through Q3 2022.

Swiss eye care drug manufacturer Alcon is providing refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices on 22 NDCs for varying sales periods from Q3 2019 through Q3 2022.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted Alcon’s public notice about

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House GOP Leadership Spat Stymies All Action, Including Any on 340B

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The split among House Republicans about whether to pick Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) to be House Speaker has ground the chamber to a halt.

The U.S. House was frozen stuck this morning after the new Republican majority splintered yesterday, the first day of the 118th Congress, over who should be the next House speaker.

Representatives cannot be sworn in and the House cannot begin

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