Congressman Who Represents Virginia 340B Hospital Profiled by New York Times Is Exploring Oversight and Legislation

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U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) is exploring legislative responses to a controversy over a health system's alleged neglect of a profitable 340B hospital in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

The congressman who represents Richmond, Va., told a health system Wednesday he rejects its reasons for ceasing intensive care, maternity, and other vital services at a Richmond hospital in a mainly Black neighborhood despite the hospital allegedly earning millions of

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With Elections Nearing, Biden Is Ordering HHS to do More to Drive Drug Costs Down

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President Biden will sign an executive order today directing HHS to submit a plan in 90 days "to lower drug costs and promote access to innovative drug therapies for Medicare beneficiaries."

President Biden will sign an executive order today directing the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) “to consider additional actions to further drive down prescription drug costs,” the White House said this morning.

“Under the Executive Order, HHS will

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Hospital Group Urges MedPAC to Drop Part B Pay-Cut Proposal, Cites 340B Impact

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The AHA wants MedPAC to drop a Medicare Part B drug reimbursement policy option it is considering making to Congress on the grounds that it will hurt 340B hospitals.

The American Hospital Association is urging the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to abandon a Medicare Part B drug reimbursement policy option it is considering making to Congress, arguing that the proposed change would hurt 340B hospitals’ ability to provide care

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PhRMA Makes its Case for Invalidating Arkansas’s First-of-its-Kind 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

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"There is no room for states, pharmacies, or other interests to step in and try to supplant” the federal government’s exclusive control over the 340B program, PhRMA told a federal district court in Arkansas late last week.

The 340B program “has always been uniquely federal in nature” and “there is no room for states, pharmacies, or other interests to step in and try to supplant” the federal government’s exclusive control over it, the brand drug industry said

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Federal Court Clears Way for Medicare to Boost 340B Hospitals’ Part B Drug Payments

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A federal district court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way for CMS to resume paying hospitals at ASP +6% for 340B drugs in as quickly as two weeks.

A federal district judge on Monday cleared the way for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in as quickly as two weeks to resume paying hospitals at the rate of average sales price (ASP) plus 6% for their

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340B Report Holding Oct. 28 Webinar on What the Midterm Elections Mean for 340B

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340B Report is holding a webinar Oct. 28 about 340B’s future after the November midterm elections.

Five Washington insiders steeped in knowledge about the 340B program will take part in a 340B Report webinar Oct. 28 about 340B’s future after the November midterm elections.

The event from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. Eastern is an exclusive free

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CBO Raises Changing 340B Patient Definition to Ease Pressure on Commercial Insurers

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Changing the 340B patient definition “might reduce hospitals’ and physicians’ incentives to consolidate,” the CBO says in a new analysis.

Changing the 340B patient definition “might reduce hospitals’ and physicians’ incentives to consolidate,” but to what extent “remains highly uncertain,” the Congressional Budget Office says in a new policy analysis.

House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) asked CBO to

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UCB Files 340B Contract Pharmacy Suit Against HHS, the Ninth Company to Do So

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UCB announced it will tighten its existing 340B contract restrictions on hospitals beginning Oct. 2.

Drug manufacturer UCB has sued in federal court to overturn federal health officials’ finding that the Belgian company’s restrictions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop or the company could face civil monetary

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U.S. Appeals Court Tentatively Set to Hear Three 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases on Nov. 15

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A federal appeals court in Philadelphia is currently set to hear arguments in a trio of key 340B contract pharmacy cases on Nov. 15.

As we first reported Friday in a news alert, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has tentatively scheduled oral arguments in three key 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits for Nov. 15.

The clerk of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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HRSA Allows Immediate 340B Enrollment in Florida, South Carolina Due to Hurricane

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A satellite image of Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28 on its approach to Florida as a Category 4 storm.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has granted Florida and South Carolina 340B program enrollment flexibility, as public health emergencies (PHEs) were declared in both states in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which left widespread destruction, flooding, and

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