340B Lobbying Still on Track for Record Year

Darbin Wofford, a health policy advisor at Third Way, said his organization is urging Congressional Democrats to adopt 340B program reforms.
Lobbying on 340B issues in 2023 remains on track for a record-breaking year, according to recently released congressional lobbying reports. [...]

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340B Provider-Genentech Lobbying Group Boosts Spending, Adds Members

340B Working Table
340B Working Table, a lobbying group formed by 340B providers and drugmaker Genentech, has increased spending and added new members.
Genentech, Sanford Health, and Carolina Health Centers’ 340B reform group, 340B Working Table, spent $110,000 on lobbying and gained eight [...]

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New House Speaker’s 340B Stance Unclear But Supported 340B Hospitals in 2017 Bill

Mike Johnson
New U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has received campaign donations from multiple 340B program stakeholders.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the new speaker of the U.S. House, has received campaign donations from multiple 340B stakeholders but [...]

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Louisiana AG Election to Name Enforcer, Defender of 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

Democrat Lindsey Cheek (left) and Republican Elizabeth Murrill (right) are running to be the next Louisiana attorney general.
A November election for Louisiana attorney general will determine the primary official who both enforces its 340B contract pharmacy law [...]

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Column: Look to The Senate for 340B Action

Ted Slafsky, publisher and CEO of 340B Report, writes the second part of his two-part column on the Senate "group of six" 340B discussion draft.
According to our history lessons, George Washington told Thomas Jefferson that the Senate was created to serve as a saucer [...]

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CMS Seeks Input on Contractor to Prevent 340B, Medicare Maximum Price Duplication

Kelsey Lang Avalere
Kelsey Lang, a health policy principal at Avalere, said CMS's request for information affirms its interest in preventing 340B duplicate discounts.
Regulators are seeking input on a contractor to help it shield drug manufacturers from giving duplicate 340B discounts and new [...]

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Congressional Witnesses Urge Medicare 340B Cuts

Dr. Debra Patt, executive vice president at Texas Oncology, testified during a House subcommittee hearing that the 340B program was "broken."
Witnesses recently told a U.S. House subcommittee that Congress should cut Medicare payments for 340B drugs. The House Energy and [...]

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Rural Providers Urge Congress to Extend Pandemic-Era 340B Eligibility Exemptions

Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital is part of a coalition of rural providers pushing Congress to extend a 2022 340B eligibility waiver.
More than 400 hospitals risk losing 340B eligibility if Congress does not extend exemptions authorized during the public health emergency [...]

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Following Response Deadline, Next Steps in Senator’s 340B Probe Unclear

Bill Cassidy
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ranking Republican on the Senate HELP Committee, does not appear to have the authority to compel hospitals to respond to his inquiry on 340B revenue.
The deadline has passed for two health systems to respond to an influential senator’s probe into 340B revenue, and at [...]

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Leading Senator, Provider Groups Publish Dueling Reports on Nonprofit Hospitals

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and two hospital groups were at odds over whether nonprofit hospitals provide sufficient levels of community benefit.
A leading senator and two major hospital trade groups recently published conflicting reports on the level of community benefit that [...]

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