A federal jury in Illinois last week ordered drug manufacturer Lilly to pay more than $61 million in damages for misstating its average manufacturer prices (AMP) and underpaying Medicaid drug rebates.
AMP is a key component used to determine 340B
…A federal jury in Illinois last week ordered drug manufacturer Lilly to pay more than $61 million in damages for misstating its average manufacturer prices (AMP) and underpaying Medicaid drug rebates.
AMP is a key component used to determine 340B
…The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) asked a federal district judge late last week not to make it rush its response to hospitals’ request for an immediate halt to a nearly 30% Medicare Part B payment cut in
…The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is letting eligible healthcare providers in flood-devastated Kentucky enroll in the 340B program immediately instead of making them wait until the next quarterly enrollment period in October.
U.S. Health and Human Services
…The U.S. Senate on Sunday rejected a Republican amendment to Democratic drug pricing and climate change legislation that would have required federally qualified health centers to make insulin and injectable epinephrine available to patients at or below 340B price.
But
…The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed historic legislation to let Medicare negotiate the prices of a small number of costly medicines and require drug manufacturers to pay Medicare rebates when prices paid by Medicare rise faster than inflation.
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…About 100 safety-net provider advocates marched and chanted yesterday on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to raise awareness in Congress and beyond about threats to the 340B drug pricing program.
The demonstration, organized by Community Voices for 340B (CV340B),
…Healthcare providers can suppress attacks on and build support for the 340B program by doing more to show the program helps vulnerable patients, the anesthesiologist who served as President Trump’s surgeon general said yesterday.
“We are fighting to deliver care
…Groups that represent 340B hospitals yesterday asked a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., to immediately halt a nearly 30% Medicare Part B payment cut in place since 2018 for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association
…Purdue Pharma’s Avrio Health subsidiary is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on Betasept antiseptic surgical scrub for purchases spanning 16 years—from Q2 2005 through Q2 2021. That period covers more than half of the 340B program’s existence.
During
…Senate Democrats said yesterday they would know this week whether an updated Senate drug pricing bill meets the criteria for passage via budget reconciliation, which requires just 50 Democratic votes. The bill remains on track for a floor vote before
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