RWC-340B Backs Senate Bill That Would Let Ryan White Clinics Cover HIV Prevention Drugs and Services

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New U.S. Senate legislation would let Ryan White clinics voluntarily use federal grants for HIV prevention medications and associated services.
Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access (RWC-340B) last week praised a new bill in the U.S. Senate that would let [...]

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Senate Panel Could Mark Up PBM Bill Next Week With Spread Pricing Language That 340B Providers Oppose

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A group of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have called on CMS to withdraw its plan to rewrite the definition of Medicaid best price.
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee could mark up a pharmacy benefit manager reform bill next week with Medicaid managed care [...]

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U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Drafting Drug Shortages Bill

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) says the panel plans to circulate a draft drug shortage bill in the coming weeks.
The U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee plans to circulate a draft drug shortage bill in the coming weeks, committee [...]

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Commentary in NEJM Backs Making Hospitals Report Gross Profits from 340B

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To encourage nonprofit hospitals to do more for their communities, policymakers could examine how hospitals are using their gross profit from the 340B program, an opinion article in The New England Journal of Medicine says.
The 340B drug pricing program has evolved from a “buy low, sell low” program to help safety-net hospitals serve low-income [...]

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Providers March to Capitol Hill for Second Straight Year to ‘Defend 340B’

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Around 50 340B provider advocates marched to the U.S. Capitol yesterday to urge Congress to defend the drug pricing program. Nonprofit group CV340B organized the demonstration.
On a sunny, humid, 92-degree afternoon in Washington, D.C., over 50 safety-net health care providers marched to the U.S. Capitol [...]

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Ease 340B Requirements for Generic Drugs to Ease Shortages, Trade Group Tells Congressional Committee Chairs

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Congress should ease 340B requirements for generic drugs to help stem shortages, the trade group for makers of the drugs said in a July 7 white paper.
Low-cost generic drugs should get an exemption from the 340B drug pricing program to help reduce drug shortages, the U.S. [...]

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As Congress Weighs 340B Changes, Leading HIV/AIDS Group Urges it to Support the Program

Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner, a conservative news outlet, published an op-ed by AHF President Michael Weinstein urging Congress to protect 340B from the drug industry.
A leading not-for-profit HIV and AIDS treatment organization amplified its 340B advocacy recently with an op-ed in a Washington, D.C., [...]

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Top Republican on Senate HELP Committee Calls for 340B Transparency and Accountability Action

Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senate HELP Committee ranking Republican Bill Cassidy (La.) said in an op-ed today that Congress should “increase 340B transparency and accountability to preserve the intent of the program.”
U.S. Sen Bill Cassidy (La.), the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said in an [...]

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U.S. Rep. Matsui Expected to File 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill in Connection with 340B Conference

Doris Matsui
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced federal legislation to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

A bill amending the 340B statute to explicitly require drug makers to unconditionally sell and deliver 340B drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies is expected to be introduced just before or during the 340B Coalition summer conference July 10-12 near Washington,

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Maine Enacts Nation’s Second 340B Provider Transparency Law

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The Maine legislature has passed and Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill requiring 340B hospitals to report their 340B savings and how they use them.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed bipartisan legislation late last week requiring 340B hospitals to submit annual reports consistent with the American Hospital Association’s voluntary 340B good stewardship principles.

The new law made Maine the second state to impose reporting

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