Companion bills in the Massachusetts House and Senate would restore the 340B program’s intent by stopping pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against any 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, the sponsor of the state Senate bill said during a recent
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Hospital groups’ decision to support letting Congress end the 340B contract pharmacy standoff could be the breakthrough the field has been waiting for, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky writes in his latest column for Verity Solutions.
“National hospital
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Congressional GOP backers of federal reporting requirements for 340B hospitals yesterday rejected Democratic arguments that fairness dictates that those requirements be paired with 340B contract pharmacy requirements for drug manufacturers.
U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans, joined by just
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed two bills today to impose 340B program reporting requirements on hospitals and other health care providers.
They were among 19 health care, telecommunications, and energy bills that the committee marked up today.
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340B provider groups won some concessions on controversial Medicaid managed care drug billing language that the full U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee is marking up tomorrow, lobbyists say. Efforts to get more changes continue.
The committee announced late
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A New York state lawmaker and strong 340B program supporter last week introduced bills to help 340B providers hurt by the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service on April 1.
Under Medicaid managed
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340B covered entity representatives are scrambling to respond to a U.S. House subcommittee’s unanimous approval yesterday of a bill that includes language that would make it impossible nationally for entities to earn revenue from billing state Medicaid managed care contractors
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The full House Energy & Commerce Committee as of late this morning had not yet said when it will markup 340B hospital reporting legislation that split its health subcommittee in two along party lines yesterday. The committee’s Republican majority reportedly
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In a significant development, a GOP-led U.S. House health subcommittee this afternoon voted 16 to 12 along party lines to pass and send to the full committee legislation to impose significant new reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals.
The
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The U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee tomorrow will markup a bill by Vice Chair Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) to impose significant annual reporting requirements on 340B disproportionate share hospitals “and any other covered entity” that the U.S. Secretary of
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