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