Iowa Tries Again to End Alleged PBM Bias Against 340B Providers and Pharmacies

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Iowa lawmakers are debating legislation to bar pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from using alleged discriminatory practices against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.

Identical bills have been introduced in the Iowa House and Senate to bar pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from using alleged discriminatory practices against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, including reimbursing them at a lower rate or imposing

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Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Wants Hospitals to Report 340B Earnings and Manufacturers to Resume 340B Pricing

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A Connecticut state health agency under Gov. Ned Lamont (D) proposed legislation to implement certain 340B provider reporting requirements.

Connecticut’s Democratic governor wants his state’s 340B hospitals to start filing annual reports disclosing their 340B drug revenues and summarizing how they use the money to benefit their communities. Health centers and other 340B grantee covered entities would be exempt

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Baldwin, a 340B Entity Ally, Will Chair Senate Health Appropriations Subcommittee

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is the new chair of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who has a long track record of support for 340B covered entities, is the new leader of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee with influence over 340B policy.

Baldwin announced yesterday she will serve as chair

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340B Pricing May Be Coming to Contrast Agents, Radiopharmaceuticals, and OTC Monograph Drugs

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Providers may get previously unavailable access to 340B pricing on contrast agents, radiopharmaceuticals, and OTC monograph drugs thanks to language in a a federal FY 2023 spending law.

Health care providers in the coming months may get previously unavailable access to 340B pricing on contrast agents, radiopharmaceuticals, and so-called “OTC monograph” drugs thanks to language tucked into the massive fiscal year 2023 federal spending bill signed into law

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Kansas Bill Targets 340B Contract Pharmacy Limits, Rhode Island Bill Targets PBM Policies

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A bill in Kansas would prohibit drug manufacturers from denying 340B covered entities access to a manufacturers’ products if the entities use contract pharmacies.

Kansas lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit drug manufacturers from denying 340B covered entities access to a manufacturers’ products if the entities use contract pharmacies.

The legislation, like bills recently rolled out in other states, is modeled on the

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Sanders, Asked About Abuse in 340B, Cites His Past Effort to End a Hospital’s Tax Exemption

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at a podium
Senate HELP chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talked about taking away hospitals' tax-exempt status when he was asked during an interview about alleged hospital abuse of 340B.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the new chair of the Senate committee that oversees the 340B program, recently answered a reporter’s question about alleged hospital abuse of 340B by noting that he tried to revoke a Burlington, Vt., hospital’s tax-exempt

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Bernie Sanders Officially Named Chair and Bill Cassidy Ranking Republican of Senate HELP Panel

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (left), is the new chair of the Senate HELP Committee and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is its new ranking Republican.

The U.S. Senate committee with jurisdiction over 340B is officially under new leadership, with Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) being seated as Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions chair last week and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) as ranking Republican.

The formal announcements had been

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Virginia House Subcommittee Defeats 340B Hospital Accountability Bill; Rev. Al Sharpton Says Program Direly Needs More Oversight

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Bon Secours Health System Vice President Rhodes Ritenour testified against proposed Virginia state legislation to require more accountability from 340B hospitals about how they use 340B program revenues. State House Del. Kathy Tran, the bill's sponsor, is seated behind him.

A Virginia House subcommittee last week voted 3-2 against a Democrat’s bill to require more accountability from 340B hospitals about how they use 340B program revenues.

In a reversal of their parties’ normal stances on 340B nationally, Democrats voted for

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Mississippi Reintroduces Bill to Ban Drug Makers’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Mississippi legislators have reintroduced legislation to stop drug companies from denying 340B covered entities access to the manufacturers’ products if the entity uses contract pharmacies.

Mississippi legislators have reintroduced legislation to stop drug manufactures from denying 340B covered entities access to the manufacturers’ products if the entity uses contract pharmacies.

Mississippi joins Missouri in making a second attempt to pass legislation modeled after the

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Eshoo and Castor Will Be Top Democrats on House E&C Subcommittees Involved in 340B

U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) pictured at House Energy & Commerce committee meeting
U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee ranking Democrat Anna Eshoo (Calif.) spoke this morning during the full committee's initial organization meeting of the 118th Congress.

U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Democrats have announced their leaders and members of two subcommittees expected to act on 340B matters this session.

Republicans announced the subcommittees’ chairs and GOP members last week. The Republicans have a narrow

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