Category: Judicial

340B Hospital Registration Waiver Withdrawal Could Draw Legal Challenge

October 31, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

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Hospital advocates said HRSA's recent decision to end a 340B program waiver for hospitals could draw legal challenges.

The recent end of a 340B program waiver for hospitals is wrong, hurts hospitals and their patients, and is bound [...]

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Arkansas Defends Enforcement of 340B Contract Pharmacy Law in Drugmaker Suit

October 31, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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The Arkansas Insurance Department will imminently enforce a state 340B contract pharmacy law following a key federal appeals court decision.

Federal courts should allow enforcement of Arkansas’ 340B contract pharmacy law to continue unimpeded, an attorney representing Arkansas told a [...]

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Louisiana AG Election to Name Enforcer, Defender of 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

October 26, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Democrat Lindsey Cheek (left) and Republican Elizabeth Murrill (right) are running to be the next Louisiana attorney general.

A November election for Louisiana attorney general will determine the primary official who both enforces its 340B contract pharmacy law [...]

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Eisai’s New 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions to Exclude Arkansas and Louisiana

October 17, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Drugmaker Eisai's 340B hospital contract pharmacy restrictions will not apply to Arkansas and Louisiana providers.

Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Eisai will not limit hospital 340B contract pharmacy use in Arkansas and Louisiana after its new contract [...]

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Novo Nordisk Files Suit to Block $100,000 Arkansas Fine for 340B Contract Pharmacy Violations

October 13, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Novo Nordisk and the Arkansas Insurance Department are at odds over whether a federal district court should intervene in the enforcement of Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law.

Danish drug giant Novo Nordisk filed suit Thursday to stop a proposed $100,000 fine from Arkansas over alleged violations of [...]

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HHS and HRSA Urge Judge to Reject Health Center’s Take on 340B Patient Definition

October 13, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

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Genesis Health Care's proposed 340B patient definition would remove all limits on dispensing 340B drugs, HHS and HRSA told a federal district judge.

Federal healthcare agencies recently told a federal district judge that backing a South Carolina health center’s interpretation of the 340B [...]

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Hospital Fighting 340B Expulsion Gets Temporary Reprieve

October 11, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago has an additional 31 days to fight its expulsion from the 340B program, a federal district judge ordered.

A federal district judge has granted a Chicago hospital an additional 31 days to fight its expulsion from the 340B [...]

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Hospital Sues to Stop 340B Expulsion Over Alleged Failure to Recertify

October 5, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

The hospital Insight Chicago and federal regulators have agreed to dismiss a case before a federal district court over the hospital's 340B eligibility.

A federal district judge is temporarily keeping an inner-city Chicago hospital in the 340B program as it fights to prevent [...]

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Major Drugmakers Agree to Negotiate Drug Prices with Medicare

October 5, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Judge Michael Newman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied a business group's request to pause Medicare negotiations while legal challenges to the IRA play out.

Medicare drug price negotiations will move ahead as planned after major drugmakers agreed to participate and a federal district judge [...]

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AbbVie Joins Legal Battle Over Louisiana’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

October 3, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Hospital groups urged a federal district court to dismiss drugmaker AbbVie's lawsuit against Lousiana's 340B contract pharmacy law.

Drugmaker AbbVie has sued Louisiana over its 340B contract pharmacy law, joining a series of drug industry suits that challenge [...]

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