CMS Asks Court Again to Dismiss 340B Health Centers’ Suit Over Medicaid Drug Benefits Transfer

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CMS again asked a federal district court to dismiss California 340B health centers’ lawsuit over the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week again asked a federal district court in Sacramento to dismiss a group of California health centers’ claims for relief over CMS’s approval of the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed

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Tennessee Health System Strikes Back Against DOJ Claims It Paid for Referrals to Boost 340B Revenue

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare disputes U.S. Justice Department claims that the health system's agreements under the system’s affiliation with a private oncology practice were “a fiction” perpetuated partially to let the system “realize profits from the 340B program.”

A Tennessee health system last week denied U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) allegations that agreements under the system’s seven-year affiliation with a private oncology practice were “a fiction” perpetuated partially to let the system “realize profits from the 340B program.”

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Provider Groups File Appellate Briefs in Key 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases

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Groups representing health centers, HIV/AIDS clinics, and hospitals filed briefs in key 340B contract pharmacy cases in federal appeals courts in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.

Groups representing health centers, HIV/AIDS clinics, and hospitals asked federal appeals courts in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., this week to hold that drug manufacturers must give covered entities 340B discounts on drugs when entities use contract pharmacies to fill prescriptions

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25 States Say Drug Companies’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Actions Are Illegal and Harm Public Health

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An excerpt from one of the two friend of the court briefs that 25 states filed in pivotal 340B contract pharmacy litigation in federal appeals courts.

Yesterday, 340B Report broke the news that a group of 25 states from blue bastions such as Connecticut and Maryland to red states such as Arkansas and Mississippi weighed in favor of the federal government’s effort to punish drug manufacturer

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25 States File Joint Briefs Backing HHS and HRSA in 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases

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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) led the coalition of states backing the federal government in 340B contract pharmacy cases before federal appeals courts.

Twenty-five states are backing the federal government in litigation before two federal appeals courts over drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general filed friend of the court briefs this

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Letting Pharma Put Strings on 340B is Letting Fox Guard Henhouse, Feds Tell Appeals Courts

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The DOJ told federal appeals courts in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., that HHS was right to tell drug manufacturers their conditions on 340B contract pharmacy are illegal and must end.

Letting drug manufacturers put conditions on 340B drug discounts “would be akin to letting the fox guard the henhouse,” the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) told federal appeals courts in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., last night in a pair of filings

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Fed. Judge Lets 340B Providers Intervene in Closely Watched Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit

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A federal judge is letting Piggott Community Hospital in northeastern Arkansas and Community Health Centers of Arkansas intervene in PhRMA's lawsuit challenging a state law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

A federal district judge on Tuesday let Arkansas’ state health center association and a critical access hospital in the state have a role in the drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the state’s one-of-a-kind law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

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California 340B Health Centers Blast CMS in Court Over its Role in State Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer

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California 340B health centers' suit against the state's transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service is being heard at the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento.

California health centers asked a federal district judge in late April to deny the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) motion to dismiss the health centers’ claims against CMS arising over the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care

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Appeals Court Consolidates AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases

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The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to hear and rule on AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s 340B contract pharmacy litigation together.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia, as expected, has decided to consider and rule on AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in tandem with Sanofi and Novo Nordisk’s 340B contract pharmacy cases.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals announced the

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Federal Circuit Court Begins Lilly’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Appeal in Earnest

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The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a schedule for the filing of briefs in Lilly's 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

A federal appeals court in Chicago is satisfied with the final judgement it ordered a lower court to issue in Lilly’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit, clearing the way the lawsuit’s next stage to get rolling.

The U.S. Seventh Court of

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