House GOP Rejects Democrats’ Push to Link 340B Transparency and Contract Pharmacy

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House E&C Democrat Scott Peters (Calif.) spoke in favor of, and fellow Democrat Debbie Dingell (Mich.) spoke against, a Republican bill to impose reporting requirements on 340B DSH hospitals.

Congressional GOP backers of federal reporting requirements for 340B hospitals yesterday rejected Democratic arguments that fairness dictates that those requirements be paired with 340B contract pharmacy requirements for drug manufacturers.

U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans, joined by just

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House E&C Committee Passes Two Bills That Would Create 340B Entity Reporting Requirements

Energy & Commerce Committee
The House E&C Committee passed a bill to impose reporting requirements on 340B DSH hospitals and potentially other entities. The committee passed another bill that could expose all types of 340B covered entities to separate reporting requirements.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed two bills today to impose 340B program reporting requirements on hospitals and other health care providers.

They were among 19 health care, telecommunications, and energy bills that the committee marked up today.

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House E&C Committee to Vote Tomorrow on Bills That Would Bring Big Changes to 340B

House E&C Committee
The House E&C Committee tomorrow will markup two bills that 340B providers are watching very closely.

340B provider groups won some concessions on controversial Medicaid managed care drug billing language that the full U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee is marking up tomorrow, lobbyists say. Efforts to get more changes continue.

The committee announced late

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Bills Filed in New York to Help 340B Providers Hurt by Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer

Gustavo Rivera
New York State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D) introduced bills to help 340B providers hurt by the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service on April 1.

A New York state lawmaker and strong 340B program supporter last week introduced bills to help 340B providers hurt by the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service on April 1.

Under Medicaid managed

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In “Nasty Surprise,” House Subcommittee Votes to Require Billing Medicaid MCOs at Cost Plus Dispensing Fee for Drugs, Including 340B

Energy & Commerce Health
The U.S. House E&C health subcommittee yesterday unexpectedly passed a bill 27-0 with language that would make it impossible nationally for 340B entities to earn revenue from billing state Medicaid managed care plans above what they pay for 340B-acquired drugs.

340B covered entity representatives are scrambling to respond to a U.S. House subcommittee’s unanimous approval yesterday of a bill that includes language that would make it impossible nationally for entities to earn revenue from billing state Medicaid managed care contractors

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House E&C Full Committee May Vote on 340B Transparency Bill as Soon as Next Week

Pallone
House E&C full committee ranking Democrat Frank Pallone said yesterday that 340B hospital reporting legislation the E&C health subcommittee passed yesterday "may be used to draw an inaccurate narrative about the value of the program.”

The full House Energy & Commerce Committee as of late this morning had not yet said when it will markup 340B hospital reporting legislation that split its health subcommittee in two along party lines yesterday. The committee’s Republican majority reportedly

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House Subcommittee Votes on Party Lines to Impose Reporting Requirements on 340B DSH Hospitals & Potentially Other Covered Entities

Bucshon
Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), who has led high-profile 340B-related legislation, will retire at the end of this Congress.

In a significant development, a GOP-led U.S. House health subcommittee this afternoon voted 16 to 12 along party lines to pass and send to the full committee legislation to impose significant new reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals.

The

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House Subcommittee Says it Will Markup 340B Transparency Bill Tomorrow

Energy and Commerce
The U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee is due tomorrow to markup 17 health care bills including one that would impose significant reporting requirements on 340B DSH hospitals and, potentially, other covered entity types.

The U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee tomorrow will markup a bill by Vice Chair Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) to impose significant annual reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals “and any other covered entity” that the U.S. Secretary of

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340B Did Not Arise in Senate Committee Today, But Might in House Subcommittee Next Week

Braun
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not offer a 340B covered entity transparency amendment to a PBM oversight bill during a Senate HELP hearing today. There was speculation that he might.

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not seek to amend a PBM oversight bill that is being marked up today to require 340B hospitals and possibly other covered entities to be more transparent about how they use money saved or

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Two States Move Closer to Enacting Laws Banning 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

Louisiana lawmakers are getting close to enacting legislation prohibiting drug manufacturer contract pharmacy restrictions. It would be the second state in the nation to enact such a law.

A Louisiana Senate health committee yesterday passed a bill that will stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements, rejecting an amendment that would have stripped the language from the measure.

HB 548, which also would prohibit pharmacy benefit

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