Category: Legislative

Astellas Ends 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas and Louisiana

October 11, 2023 Views

Astellas is the third drugmaker to loosen or end its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas and Louisiana in response to state laws.

Drugmaker Astellas has ended its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in both Arkansas and Louisiana in response to state laws that [...]

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Rural Organizations, New Congressional Caucus Push 340B Provider Protections

October 11, 2023 Views

Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), a member of the recently formed House Rural Health Caucus, has said 340B provider protections are a key rural health priority.

Rural healthcare providers and members of a new bipartisan House rural health caucus are pushing Congress to enact 340B provider [...]

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Speaker Vacancy Paralyzes House, Stalls 340B Legislation

October 5, 2023 Views

The U.S. House is unlikely to vote on any legislation—including multiple bills with 340B provisions—until a new speaker is elected.

The U.S. House’s vote to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speakership has paused action on multiple bills with [...]

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Major Drugmakers Agree to Negotiate Drug Prices with Medicare

October 5, 2023 Views

Judge Michael Newman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied a business group's request to pause Medicare negotiations while legal challenges to the IRA play out.

Medicare drug price negotiations will move ahead as planned after major drugmakers agreed to participate and a federal district judge [...]

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AbbVie Joins Legal Battle Over Louisiana’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

October 3, 2023 Views

Hospital groups urged a federal district court to dismiss drugmaker AbbVie's lawsuit against Lousiana's 340B contract pharmacy law.

Drugmaker AbbVie has sued Louisiana over its 340B contract pharmacy law, joining a series of drug industry suits that challenge [...]

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Government Averts Shutdown with 11th Hour Temporary Funding Bill, Speaker McCarthy Faces Historic Challenge

October 3, 2023 Views

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), speaker of the U.S. House, relied on Democratic support to pass a temporary government funding bill.

The federal government narrowly avoided a shutdown this week after lawmakers scrambled to pass a stopgap bill hours before government [...]

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As Shutdown Looms, Momentum Slows on Bills with Key 340B Changes

September 28, 2023 Views

Rep. Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) co-sponsored a PBM transparency bill with a 340B provision, but there had not been any floor or committee votes scheduled on the legislation.

As the country moves closer to a federal government shutdown, movement on two bipartisan House bills with 340B program language, [...]

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Transparency, Patient Assistance Requirements Needed in 340B, Say Drugmaker-Backed Groups

September 28, 2023 Views

Justin Leventhal, a senior policy analyst for the American Consumer Institute, has advocated for more 340B transparency alongside other drugmaker-backed groups.

Amid ongoing congressional legislative proposals to boost transparency and other requirements for 340B hospitals, two advocacy groups that receive drugmaker [...]

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Column: Could the States Resolve the Contract Pharmacy Impasse?

September 28, 2023 Views

340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky addresses enforcement actions and litigation surrounding state 340B contract pharmacy laws in his latest column.

After a recent lull in the ongoing battle over whether drug manufacturers can continue to place restrictions on access to [...]

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Providers Split on 340B Medicaid Provisions in Major House Healthcare Package

September 19, 2023 Views

Joe Dunn, senior vice president of public policy and research at NACHC, said his organization supported the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act.

Provider groups diverged over 340B Medicaid managed care provisions in a sweeping healthcare package on which the House of Representatives [...]

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