In a concession to drug companies, Senate Democrats reportedly have agreed to delay by one year—from Jan. 1, 2023 to Jan. 1, 2024—the effective date of language in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that might lead to 340B ceiling
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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has slammed a second drug manufacturer’s motion before a federal court to block implementation of the 340B program’s new administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process.
First, on Feb. 16 in a federal district court in
…Safety-net hospitals, health centers, and HIV/AIDS clinics yesterday applauded the 226 U.S. representatives—more than half of the House’s members—who signed Friday’s bipartisan letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Norris Cochran seeking “immediate action to ensure that
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Two hundred and twenty six U.S. House members—173 Democrats and 57 Republicans—have signed a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Norris Cochran asking him “to take immediate action to ensure that manufacturers are prohibited from imposing
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340B covered entities say they are deeply concerned about pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts’ (ESI) requirements, effective Monday, governing what pharmacies in the PBM’s network must do when they identify that a previously submitted claim is 340B-eligible. Last night, ESI told
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Today is the deadline for U.S. House members to sign a bipartisan letter asking U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) leaders to act against drug manufacturers denying 340B pricing on drugs, to halt attempts to turn 340B into a
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Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to be the next U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary survived his U.S. Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing yesterday, with a GOP foe of his nomination grudgingly predicting the panel would vote to confirm
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Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts late yesterday began notifying 340B covered entities by email that, effective March 1, it “will require a new identification method for submitting and identifying 340B eligible claims.”
A health system 340B program manager said this
…Hospitals, Health Centers, and HIV/AIDS Clinics Want Roles in Lilly’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit
The hospital groups that last week lost a federal lawsuit in California to make federal health officials enforce 340B contract pharmacy requirements for drug manufacturers have asked a federal court in Indiana to make them parties in opposition to manufacturer
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