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CMS Proposes $9 Billion in Lump Sum Payments to Reimburse Hospitals for Past 340B Part B Drug Payment Cuts

July 7, 2023 Views

CMS late this afternoon proposed how it will repay 340B hospitals for $10.5 billion in illegal Medicare Part B drug payment cuts.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to provide lump sum Medicare Part B drug payments to 340B [...]

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White House Clears CMS to Issue Proposed Fix for 340B Hospital Part B Drug Payment Cuts

July 7, 2023 Views

OMB clearance of CMS Part B remedy proposal

The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday cleared CMS to issue its proposed remedy for five year's worth of Medicare Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals.

The White House yesterday gave the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the go-ahead to publish its proposed remedy [...]

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340B Prime Vendor Apexus and AIDS Healthcare Foundation Are Trying to Settle Lawsuit Over Sub-Ceiling Price Discounts

July 7, 2023 Views

AHF has asked a federal appeals court to reverse an earlier court's decision to dismiss a case against Apexus over its provision of 340B sub-ceiling price discounts on drugs.

Apexus, the federally contracted 340B prime vendor, and AIDS Healthcare Foundation are meeting with a mediator to try to settle [...]

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340B Issues Remain Unresolved in Latest CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Guidance

July 7, 2023 Views

CMS said in its latest Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program guidance it still working on a process to allow manufacturers to avoid providing a 340B price and a negotiated fair price for the same drug.

The latest guidance to implement first-time drug price negotiation under Medicare said federal officials still are looking for a process [...]

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Top Republican on Senate HELP Committee Calls for 340B Transparency and Accountability Action

July 5, 2023 Views

U.S. Senate HELP Committee ranking Republican Bill Cassidy (La.) said in an op-ed today that Congress should “increase 340B transparency and accountability to preserve the intent of the program.”

U.S. Sen Bill Cassidy (La.), the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said in an [...]

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Group Seeking New 340C Program for Grantees and Rural Hospitals Is Ramping Up Advocacy

July 5, 2023 Views

More than 100 health centers and groups have signed a letter to Congress supporting the 340C initiative.

The national health center group promoting 340C—a proposed alternative to the 340B drug pricing program for health centers, federal grantees, [...]

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NRHA Launches New 340B Policy and Advocacy Campaign

July 5, 2023 Views

The National Rural Health Association has intensified its 340B advocacy work with a new congressional campaign and set of policy principles.

The National Rural Health Association has intensified its 340B advocacy work with a new congressional campaign and set of policy [...]

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U.S. Rep. Matsui Expected to File 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill in Connection with 340B Conference

June 29, 2023 Views

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced federal legislation to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

A bill amending the 340B statute to explicitly require drug makers to unconditionally sell and deliver 340B drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies is expected to be introduced just before or during the 340B Coalition summer conference July 10-12 near Washington,

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Hospital Groups to CMS: Don’t Rob Some Hospitals to Repay 340B Hospitals for Your Illegal Drug Payment Cuts

June 27, 2023 Views

AHA and NRHA both urged the Biden administration not to claw back Medicare payments from some hospitals to pay for the remedy for illegal drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals.

Two hospital groups separately urged Biden administration officials this month to not divert funding from non-340B hospitals and some 340B hospitals in order to repay other 340B hospitals for almost five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug payment

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Health Center Invokes 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling in Key 340B Patient Definition Federal Lawsuit

June 23, 2023 Views

South Carolina health center Genesis Health Care told a federal court that HRSA lacks authority to enforce its 1996 340B patient definition and misinterpreted congressional intent about who is a 340B eligible patient.

Federal health care officials can’t make a South Carolina health center obey their reading of the 340B patient definition for the same reason a federal appeals court said in January that the officials can’t force drug manufacturers to deliver 340B

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