House GOP Bill Would Stop Additional Hospitals and Child Sites from 340B Enrollment and Make it Harder for Current Hospitals to Remain Eligible

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT)
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) has reintroduced a bill to put a moratorium on 340B hospital growth, impose 340B reporting requirements on hospitals, and make it harder for private nonprofit hospitals to stay in 340B.

A new U.S. House bill would put a moratorium on 340B hospital growth and impose a host of reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. It would also make it much harder for private nonprofit hospitals to remain in the 340B program.

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U.S. House Leaders Agree on Committee Ratios: Energy & Commerce Gets to Work 

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The composition of the House Energy & Commerce Committee in this Congress is clear now that party leaders have agreed on committee sizes and ratios.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have reached an agreement on the balance of power in committees during this Congress and are expected to formally assign members to committees as soon as this week.

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MedPAC Votes to Recommend Ditching Medicare DSH Patient Percentage for Medicare Purposes

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MedPAC thinks CMS should stop using the Medicare DSH patient percentage for Medicare purposes. The 340B program uses the DSH calculation for hospital eligibility purposes.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, as expected, has voted to recommend that Congress should start phasing in a new way of distributing extra Medicare payments to safety net hospitals that disproportionately serve low-income and/or uninsured beneficiaries.

The proposal that

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Oregon Bill Targets PBM Policies that Discriminate Against 340B Pharmacies

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A bill in Oregon would prohibit discriminatory practices by PBMs and insurance plans against 340B pharmacies.

Oregon legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit discriminatory practices by pharmacy benefit managers and insurance plans against 340B pharmacies, including reimbursing a 340B pharmacy less for prescription drugs compared with non-340B pharmacies. 

If passed later this year, House

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First 340B-Related Bill of 118th Congress Filed

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The first bill of the 118th Congress to change the 340B program was introduced this week.

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) has introduced legislation reportedly the same as he filed during the last session of Congress to impose conditions on hospital participation in the 340B program. More bills dealing with 340B are likely.

H.R. 198

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Nine New Republicans Named to House Committee with 340B Jurisdiction

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U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) announced that the panel will have nine new Republicans this session.

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) announced Tuesday that she was named chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. She in turn announced yesterday that the House Republican Steering Committee recommended nine new members to serve on the panel.

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Congressional Committee Lineups Still in Flux After McCarthy Installed as House Speaker

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U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) takes the podium Jan. 7 after being elected as House Speaker.

The members, GOP chairs, and top-ranking Democrats of U.S. House committees for the 118th Congress still had not been formally announced this morning, three days after Republicans chose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to be House speaker.

It took four days

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340B Provider Ally Stabenow Will Not Seek Re-Election to U.S. Senate in 2024

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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, depriving 340B covered entities of a reliable ally.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek re-election in 2024, a decision that will deprive 340B covered entities of a reliable ally in Congress.

Stabenow issued a statement yesterday announcing her decision. She was one of six senators—three

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House GOP Leadership Spat Stymies All Action, Including Any on 340B

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The split among House Republicans about whether to pick Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) to be House Speaker has ground the chamber to a halt.

The U.S. House was frozen stuck this morning after the new Republican majority splintered yesterday, the first day of the 118th Congress, over who should be the next House speaker.

Representatives cannot be sworn in and the House cannot begin

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Office of Pharmacy Affairs Get Slight Funding Bump

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HRSA plans to host a webinar for federal grantees in the days leading up to the 2024 340B recertification period.

President Biden on Dec. 29 signed a $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023 that gave the 340B drug pricing program a slight funding boost.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs will get

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