Category: Legislative

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

October 24, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

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

October 24, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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

October 19, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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

October 17, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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

October 13, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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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Astellas Ends 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas and Louisiana

October 11, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 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 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 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 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 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 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 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 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer 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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