A U.S. Supreme Court decision last week about the Medicare disproportionate share adjustment percentage calculation will have little effect on hospitals currently in the 340B drug pricing program, experts say. It could mean, though, that some on the cusp of
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A new bipartisan bill to make insulin more affordable for patients could be up for a U.S. Senate vote as early as next month. There are doubts the bill will get enough Republican support to pass, however, dooming it to
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous June 15 ruling that huge cuts in 340B hospitals’ Medicare Part B drug reimbursement were unlawful “is a clear and much welcome victory for 340B hospitals,” 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says in
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The White House office that oversees issuance of federal healthcare regulations now says that this is the target month for releasing a long delayed proposed rule to replace 340B program dispute resolution regulations. But the administration has not given a
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U.S. Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced a bill to let Ryan White clinics use income from being in the HIV/AIDS program to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a daily medication used to prevent people
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The federal government told a federal appeals court in Philadelphia yesterday it should use “the familiar tools of statutory interpretation” to hold that drug manufacturer AstraZeneca may not unilaterally dictate how many contract pharmacies a 340B covered entity may use
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Growth in 340B covered entities’ use of contract pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs, coupled with growth in pharmacy benefit managers’ control over these pharmacies, has given PBMs an outsized, profit-driven role in the 340B program that does not benefit patients,
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The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) strongly urged the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday “to swiftly impose” fines on drug manufacturers that restrict shipments of 340B-purchased drugs to contract pharmacies and “hold manufacturers accountable
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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that huge cuts in 340B hospitals’ Medicare Part B drug reimbursement in 2018 and 2019 were unlawful. It marked the end of Phase 1 of the debate over the cuts.
Phase 2 is gearing
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Six U.S. House members—three Democrats and three Republicans—are urging fellow representatives to sign a letter asking U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department leaders “to begin enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies that refuse to honor 340B discounts on prescription drugs.”
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