Today is the anniversary of Eli Lilly lighting the fuse on the 340B program’s most explosive year ever.
On May 18, 2020, Lilly sent the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) a letter saying that, unless it heard otherwise
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Drug manufacturers yesterday defended the legality of their restrictions on 340B contract pharmacy, in the wake of cease and desist letters from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Groups and individuals representing 340B covered entities, meanwhile, praised HRSA
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U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Acting Administrator Diana Espinosa this morning informed six pharmaceutical manufacturers that their restrictions on 340B program pricing to covered entities that dispense medications through contract pharmacies have resulted in overcharges and are in
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While 340B hospitals eagerly await to see the Biden administration’s plans for Medicare Part B reimbursement, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last night asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an effort by hospital groups to
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A bipartisan group of six U.S. House members, led by Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), have re-introduced a bill that would prevent hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B discounts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Five of the six types
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Tuesday asked the White House to review a hospital payment proposed rule for next year that will either keep, end, or change the nearly 30 percent cut since 2018 in Medicare
…DOJ Cites 1996 HRSA Letter to PhRMA in Request to Dismiss Novo Nordisk’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Suit
Novo Nordisk’s claim that a federal legal advisory opinion on 340B contract pharmacy would make it unlawfully transfer its drugs to ineligible pharmacies and ineligible patients “is mere legerdemain” (slight of hand), government lawyers for U.S. Health and Human Services
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 61-37 to confirm Andrea Palm’s nomination to be deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Palm voiced support for the 340B program during her confirmation hearing.
Palm’s confirmation still
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Breaking: Becerra, on 340B Pricing Denials, Tells House Panel, “Everyone Has to Follow the Law”
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told a member of Congress during a hearing this morning “We are on this one” when asked about six drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B drug discounts when covered entities use contract
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