The White House is expected to give CMS the green light to survey 340B hospitals about their drug acquisition costs beginning March 23. If that happens, hospital groups will probably ask a court to block the survey. Source: Shutterstock Hospital …
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If Mallinckrodt settles charges it evaded paying additional Medicaid rebate amounts on Acthar, it’s possible claims for 340B overcharges will be foreclosed. Source: Mallinckrodt DOJ Says Mallinckrodt Owes Medicaid Hundreds of Millions in Rebates, but Is Silent About 340B Overcharges …
An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV2 (round gold objects), the virus that causes COVID-19. Source: NIAD-RML 340B Providers Could Face Drug Access Challenges Due to Coronavirus In theory, federal law and 340B program guidance should protect 340B entities from shouldering …
Editor’s Note: The 340B Report team is working hard on a special report on key developments from the 340B Coalition Winter Conference Feb. 10-12 in San Diego. We do not plan to publish this Thursday’s edition. Expect to see a detailed …
Drug manufacturers are doing a better job of providing the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) with timely and accurate data needed to verify their 340B ceiling prices, the head of the federal 340B drug pricing program indicated today. Nonetheless, …
The Trump administration today asked Congress again to require 340B covered entities to report their 340B program savings and uses to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The administration made the request in its proposed federal budget for fiscal …
CMS Takes Another Step Toward Collecting Hospitals’ 340B Acquisition Costs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken another step toward requiring hospitals to let it see their 340B drug acquisition costs so CMS can base the hospitals’ …
President Expected to Address Drug Prices in State of the Union Message In his State of the Union address tonight, President Trump is expected to announce an initiative to make insulin more affordable and to challenge Congress to pass legislation …
CMS Unveils Medicaid Block Grant Option, Ramifications for 340B Unclear The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this morning invited state Medicaid directors to pilot test giving up open-ended federal Medicaid funding for able-bodied adults in exchange for a …
Hospital Group: GAO’s 340B Duplicate Discount Recommendations “Contrary to Federal Law” Hospital group 340B Health yesterday swung back hard against a congressional watchdog agency’s recommendations for stricter federal policing of 340B duplicate discounts, calling them “misguided, unworkable, and contrary to …