A federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., late yesterday declined to stop California Medicaid’s transfer of managed care drug coverage to Medicaid fee for service that took effect on Jan. 1. Health centers enrolled in the 340B drug pricing program pledged
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The judge in AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit yesterday ordered both sides to file a joint status report by no later than Friday—a sign, lawyers say, that his decision in the case is still in progress.
U.S. District Judge Leonard
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Federally qualified health clinics in California have no right to sue to stop a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change that began on Jan. 1., the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) argued in a legal brief filed Wednesday.
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Drug manufacturers AstraZeneca and Sanofi have asked 340B administrative dispute resolution panels to pause covered entities’ ADR proceedings against them until all 340B-related federal court litigation is finished and until after the government finalizes its forthcoming new 340B ADR regulation.
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The federal government told a judge in late December its appeal of her joint ruling in Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits justifies her pausing drug industry vendor Kalderos’ 340B contract pharmacy suit.
Kalderos told the judge
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In his monthly column for Omnicell’s blog, 340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky makes three big predictions for the 340B program for 2022. They focus on:
California health centers asked a federal district judge yesterday to stop a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change due to begin tomorrow. They say the change would strip away all their 340B drug discount savings, devastating safety-net health care
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Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie—maker of the expensive and widely prescribed immunosuppressive medication Humira—today became the 11th drug manufacturer to announce conditions on 340B pricing when contract pharmacies dispense medicines to patients.
Starting Feb. 1, AbbVie will require hospitals to submit claims
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The federal government late yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal judge’s joint ruling in two cases last month that halted enforcement actions against two drug companies that deny 340B pricing when hospitals and other health care providers
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New York State and Virginia health centers asked a federal district judge on Monday to deny four insulin and diabetes drug manufacturers’ motion to pause fact-finding in the health centers’ antitrust suit stemming from the companies’ 340B contract pharmacy policies.
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