340B Did Not Arise in Senate Committee Today, But Might in House Subcommittee Next Week

Braun
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not offer a 340B covered entity transparency amendment to a PBM oversight bill during a Senate HELP hearing today. There was speculation that he might.

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) did not seek to amend a PBM oversight bill that is being marked up today to require 340B hospitals and possibly other covered entities to be more transparent about how they use money saved or

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Two States Move Closer to Enacting Laws Banning 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

Louisiana lawmakers are getting close to enacting legislation prohibiting drug manufacturer contract pharmacy restrictions. It would be the second state in the nation to enact such a law.

A Louisiana Senate health committee yesterday passed a bill that will stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements, rejecting an amendment that would have stripped the language from the measure.

HB 548, which also would prohibit pharmacy benefit

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U.S. House Panel Not Expected to Markup 340B Legislation at Hearing Next Week

House Energy & Commerce Committee
The U.S. House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee is not expected to move any 340B legislation in May, sources say.

A U.S. House Energy & Commerce subcommittee plans next week to markup bills on transparency and competition in health care and send them to the full committee for votes before Memorial Day. Although its Republican vice chair’s draft 340B bill

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In Shift, 340B Health and AHA Now Say They Back Congressional Action on 340B Contract Pharmacy

Doris Matsui
340B Health and the AHA say they support 340B contract pharmacy legislation that Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) is working on.

Hospital group 340B Health and the American Hospital Association both have decided to support federal legislation to prohibit drug manufacturer restrictions on 340B covered entities’ use of contract pharmacies. A senior AHA official was quoted in a news article just

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Ex-GOP Congressman Burton Slams Current GOP Rep. Rosendale’s 340B Bill

Dan Burton
Retired U.S. Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) lauded the 340B program and criticized a current GOP congressman's 340B bill in a newspaper op-ed this week.

Former Republican Congressman Dan Burton (Ind.) called the 340B program “a win for all parties involved” in a Kokomo, Indiana newspaper op-ed this week and said a current House Republican’s 340B bill could deny vulnerable Hoosiers access to care.

Rep.

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340B-Related Amendment Might Be Offered to PBM Reform Bill That Senate Panel Is Trying to Mark Up Today

Mike Braun
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) is expected offer an amendment in committee today to PBM reform legislation to require 340B hospitals to be more transparent about how they use 340B program savings.

A U.S. Senate committee is attempting to mark up bipartisan legislation today to reform the pharmacy benefit management industry. The draft bill itself does not address the 340B program. Republican Sen. Mike Braun (Ind.), however, has filed an amendment for

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AHA Tells House Panel It Opposes New 340B Hospital Reporting Requirements

Ashley Thompson
“I'm just not sure additional [340B hospital] reporting requirements are needed at this time,” AHA Senior Vice President Ashley Thompson told a U.S. House subcommittee yesterday.

An American Hospital Association senior executive told a U.S. House subcommittee yesterday her group opposes creating “significant new reporting requirements for 340B hospitals that do not reflect the true value or intent of the 340B program.”

But when asked by

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340B Abuse Claims Raised During House Hearing on Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax Status

“Right now, there’s no transparency regarding the 340B program,” Johns Hopkins University professor Ge Bai said yesterday at a U.S. House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee hearing.

The 340B program has evolved into a “buy low, sell high” drug pricing system abused by some hospitals that have profits as their main goal, a health policy researcher told lawmakers Wednesday at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.

The House

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Louisiana Takes Major Step Towards Prohibiting Drug Manufacturer 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

Louisiana House
The Louisiana House voted 97-2 to approve legislation to stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements and prohibit PBM and payor practices that lower reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.

The Louisiana House voted 97-2 yesterday to pass and send to the Senate legislation to stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements. It also would prohibit pharmacy benefit manager and payor practices that lower reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.

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Iowa Set to Enact Nation’s 25th 340B Nondiscrimination Law

Iowa state capitol
The Iowa Senate last week passed a 340B nondiscrimination bill 49-1, sending it to Gov. Kim Reynolds. The House passed it earlier 98-0.

The Iowa Senate last week passed a House-approved bill banning pharmacy benefit manager and payor discrimination against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, including reimbursing the entities at a lower rate than non-340B providers.

The Senate voted 49-1 on

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