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GAO Report Finds HHS Must Do More to Address Drug Shortages, Doesn’t Mention 340B as a Factor

April 17, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A new Government Accountability Office report recommended that HHS identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to drug shortages—particularly, with a key position that oversees such actions set to end next month.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should identify and implement ways to formally coordinate activities relating to [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: 5th Circuit Appeals in Louisiana, 4th Circuit Appeal in West Virginia

April 17, 2025 Shannon Young and Bella Czajkowski, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Key briefs were filed recently in state contract pharmacy litigation in West Virginia and Louisiana.

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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HHS Briefs House E&C Committee Staff on Restructuring, Senate HELP Postpones Kennedy Hearing

April 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tentatively set to testify before the Senate HELP panel April 10 on his department's restructuring, a hearing which was ultimately postponed.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials last week briefed the Republican and Democratic staff of a key [...]

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J&J Adds Unbranded Version of Stelara to 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

April 10, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

J&J has added the unbranded version of its top-selling psoriatic arthritis treatment Stelara to its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) added Ustekinumab, the unbranded version of psoriatic arthritis treatment Stelara, to its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions [...]

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HHS Layoffs, Restructuring Don’t Appear to Have Affected 340B Yet, But Sources Say Program Could Move to CMS

April 8, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The recent HHS restructuring has not had much of an impact on the 340B program, but that could change if the agency moves oversight of the program to CMS, sources said this week.

The Trump administration’s recent efforts to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—including division consolidations and the elimination [...]

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Senate Confirms ‘Dr. Oz’ as CMS Administrator on Party-Line Vote

April 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The U.S. Senate voted 53-45 along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz as the new CMS administrator.

The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Mehmet Oz—a celebrity heart surgeon known as “Dr. Oz” for [...]

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Senate HELP Committee Asks RFK Jr. to Testify on HHS Reorganization Amid Mass Layoffs Including Up to One Third of HRSA Workforce

April 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Senate HELP Committee this week invited HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak at an upcoming hearing on major restructuring at the Department of Health and Human Services, which included reportedly up to 600 layoffs at HRSA.

The leaders of a Senate panel that oversees several key federal health agencies this week invited Health and Human Services [...]

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Drugmakers, Kalderos Again Urge Federal Court to Support 340B Rebate Model; 340B Health, Hospitals Look to File Brief

April 3, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Three drugmakers, drug industry vendor Kalderos and 340B hospitals filed briefs with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as part of 340B rebate legal challenges this week.

Three drugmakers that have sued the federal government to convert 340B discounts to a rebate model, and a drug industry [...]

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Genesis Health Care Launches Campaign Targeting NACHC’s ASAP 340B Partnership With PhRMA

April 1, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340bVoice has launched a new campaign that takes aim at NACHC’s work with PhRMA as part of ASAP 340B.

340bVoice, the new advocacy arm of South Carolina-based health center Genesis Health Care, recently launched a five-figure, multi-state media campaign [...]

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In Apparent About-Face, HRSA Confirms Sagebrush’s 340B Eligibility During Federal Court Hearing

April 1, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sagebrush Health had sought emergency relief against the government to keep its clinic sites in the 340B program.

A federal judge yesterday delayed ruling on Sagebrush Health’s request for emergency relief after the government apparently reversed course and [...]

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