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Hospital Groups Ask CMS to ‘Correct’ Claim that Hospitals Must Complete OPPS Drug Acquisition Cost Survey

January 15, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

A screenshot of a letter hospital trade groups sent to CMS.

National trade groups representing 340B hospitals and health system pharmacists called on CMS this week to “correct” its recent assertion that hospitals must complete a controversial Medicare drugs acquisition cost survey.

Eight national trade groups representing 340B hospitals and health system pharmacists called on the Trump administration this week to “correct” [...]

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5th Circuit Overturns Ruling Blocking IPPS Rule, Sends Texas Hospitals’ Challenge to DSH Changes Back to District Court

January 15, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Texas federal district court’s August 2024 decision in Baylor v. Becerra.

A New Orleans federal appeals court recently reversed a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked a federal rule changing calculations [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: Updates in Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont

January 15, 2026 Luke Zarzecki, National Correspondent 340B Report Views

Key updates recently occurred in litigation over 340B contract pharmacy access laws in Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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Key House Republican Lists Prescription Drug Reforms Among Congressional Priorities for 2026

January 8, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Congressional portrait of U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.).

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reportedly floated prescription drug program overhauls at an early January GOP retreat.

The chairman of a key U.S. House Committee that oversees 340B-related legislation reportedly discussed potential prescription drug policy overhauls during [...]

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Hospital, Pharmacist Groups Seek to File Brief with 1st Circuit Appeals Court Backing 340B Rebate Pilot Pause

January 8, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

340B Health, America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the National Association of Children’s Hospitals—also known as the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)—and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) filed a Jan. 5 motion asking the 1st Circuit for permission to submit an amicus brief that supports the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other plaintiffs’ opposition to the Trump administration’s appeal.

Hospital and pharmacist trade groups asked the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals this week for permission to file an amicus brief supporting a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked HHS’s 340B rebate model pilot from taking effect.

Five national trade groups representing 340B hospitals and health system pharmacists sought permission this week from the 1st Circuit Court [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: Actions in Vermont, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Oregon

January 8, 2026 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

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Key updates recently occurred in litigation over 340B contract pharmacy access laws in Vermont, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Oregon.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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340B Providers Tout Court Actions to Halt HRSA’s 340B Rebate Model Pilot; Drug Industry ‘Disappointed’ by Move

January 6, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Maine U.S. District Chief Judge Lance E. Walker’s Dec. 29 order halting HHS' 340B rebate model pilot drew mixed reaction from 340B stakeholders.

340B program stakeholders offered varying reactions following a late-December federal court ruling that halted the controversial rebate pilot from taking [...]

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8 Drugmakers Exempt New Mexico Health Centers from 340B Restrictions, 2 Add Drugs to Their Nationwide Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

January 6, 2026 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Eight drug manufacturers announced exemptions for New Mexico health centers in compliance with that state’s contract pharmacy access law, which took effect Jan. 1.

Several drugmakers recently exempted new states or added drugs to their 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, according to notices posted on [...]

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Federal Courts Reject Drugmaker Bids to Block South Dakota and Nebraska’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Laws

December 23, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Federal courts in South Dakota and Nebraska recently denied AbbVie’s requests to temporarily halt contract pharmacy access laws in those states.

A federal judge denied AbbVie’s request to temporarily halt South Dakota’s new 340B contract pharmacy access law on Monday—just days [...]

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National Health Center Group Survey Finds Most Large Health Centers Use 340B Savings for Rural Care, Cautions Against Rebate Pilot

December 18, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 340B Report Views

Advocates for Community Health (ACH) polled its 45 CHC members in recent months on how they allocate 340B savings.

About a quarter of the money most large community health centers (CHCs) save through the 340B program is spent on [...]

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