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Maine Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill with Added Hospital Reporting Requirements, Sends to Governor

June 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Maine Legislature passed a 340B contract pharmacy access bill with added hospital reporting requirements on June 16.

Maine lawmakers yesterday passed a 340B contract pharmacy access bill that adds new hospital reporting requirements on top of an [...]

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Why a Health Insurance Crisis Led Vermont Lawmakers to Add Hospital Price Caps to a 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

June 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Vermont legislators added hospital price caps to a 340B contract pharmacy access law amid a financial crisis facing the state's largest health insurer.

When Vermont enacted a 340B contract pharmacy access law last week, it also became the first state in the nation [...]

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Oregon Providers Applaud Passage of 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

June 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) on June 11 signed into law a 340B contract pharmacy bill that has strong backing from state providers.

Oregon 340B providers are applauding the state’s new law prohibiting drugmakers from placing 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state. [...]

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AbbVie is 1st Drugmaker to Challenge Colorado’s New 340B Contract Pharmacy Access & Reporting Law

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

AbbVie filed a June 12 lawsuit in federal court against the state of Colorado that challenges the constitutionality of that state’s contract pharmacy law.

A Chicago-based pharmaceutical giant recently urged a federal court to block Colorado’s contract pharmacy access law—marking the first drug manufacturer [...]

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Vermont, Oregon Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Laws; Vermont Measure Includes Controversial Hospital Price Caps

June 12, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) and Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) each signed 340B legislation in their states on June 11.

Vermont and Oregon yesterday became the latest states to enact 340B contract pharmacy access laws, with Vermont’s new statute also [...]

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How Oklahoma Lawmakers Defied Their Governor and Fought Dark Money to Enact a 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

June 10, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oklahoma state lawmakers overrode their governor's veto to enact a 340B contract pharmacy access law despite strong opposition from dark money groups and conservative influencers.

In the final hour of Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session, as the clock neared 11 p.m. on May 29, state legislators [...]

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Cassidy Staffer, ASAP 340B Head Call for 340B Program Reforms, Comment on Proposed Shift to CMS

June 10, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Jeffrey Last, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) legislative lead on 340B, highlighted the findings and recommendations of the HELP Committee chairman’s late-April report on the 340B program at a June 4 webinar.

A key health policy staffer for U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) recently [...]

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Sandoz to Stop Notifying CEs of 340B Contract Pharmacy Changes, Joins Liquidia in Adding Restrictions to New Drugs; Novartis Updates Restrictions

June 10, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sandoz announced in a June 4 notice to covered entities it “will no longer be providing additional notification for product changes to [its] contract pharmacy policy.”

Two drugmakers recently added new medications to the list of drugs subject to their respective 340B contract pharmacy restrictions—one of [...]

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Indiana’s New Budget Law Sparks Alarm Over Last-Minute Provisions Targeting 340B Medicaid Reimbursement

June 5, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Indiana's newly enacted budget law includes late-added provisions that could affect 340B providers serving Medicaid managed care beneficiaries.

A late amendment to Indiana’s newly enacted budget law grants the state broad authority to restrict how 340B drugs are [...]

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Oregon Sends 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill to Governor; Illinois Falls Short but Advances PBM Reform

June 3, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Both chambers of the Oregon legislature have passed a 340B contract pharmacy access bill, sending it to the state governor.

The Oregon Legislature yesterday sent a 340B contract pharmacy access bill to the state’s governor, shortly after Illinois lawmakers failed [...]

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