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Spanberger and Johnson Reintroduce PROTECT 340B Act in Congress

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) headshots
U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) reintroduced legislation to protect 340B covered entities, contract pharmacies, and individuals with private insurance from discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies.

A Virginia Democrat and South Dakota Republican this afternoon reintroduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House to protect 340B covered entities and contract pharmacies from discrimination by insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.

Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

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Two GOP Senators Raise Concerns About PBM’s Infringement on 340B Savings in Recent Hearing

Jonathan Levitt pictured at Senate hearing
The 340B program "is completely frustrated" by pharmacy benefit managers, health care attorney Jonathan Levitt said during a during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on PBMs.

Two Republican U.S. senators expressed concerns about pharmacy benefit manager encroachment on 340B covered entity savings during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on PBMs last week.

“I often hear concerns from South Dakota hospitals and health centers when it comes

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Maine Becomes Fourth State to Introduce 340B Hospital Transparency Bill

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A bill in Maine would impose significant 340B program reporting requirements on hospitals.

Maine state senators have introduced a bill to require 340B hospitals to file annual reports with detailed information on the savings they receive through 340B drug discounts, including annual 340B revenue the hospital generates minus 340B aggregate acquisition costs, and

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Hospitals Shouldn’t Fear 340B Reporting Requirements, House E&C Republicans Say; Democrat Matsui Raises Concern About Scapegoating

Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) pictured at house hearing
“I don't think there's any anything hospitals should be afraid of when it comes to 340B transparency," Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) said during a hearing last week.

Requiring hospitals to report what they make from 340B drug discounts versus what they spend on charity care could be a first step toward tackling full-scale 340B program reform later, a senior Republican on the U.S. House committee with jurisdiction

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New York Implements Medicaid Drug Benefits Transfer, 340B Entities Say Fight Isn’t Over

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addressing the press
New York state 340B providers say they still hope Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) can be persuaded to embrace an alternative to the state's transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

New York state on Saturday transferred Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service. Health centers and Ryan White clinics have vowed to keep fighting the change, which they say will cost them millions of dollars in 340B

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New Mexico Passes 340B Anti-Discrimination Bill, After Dropping 340B Contract Pharmacy Provisions

New Mexico state capitol building
New Mexico lawmakers passed a bill to stop pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against 340B providers, but stripped it of language that would have outlawed drug manufacturers’ conditions on 340B sales when entities use contract pharmacies.

With just minutes to go in this year’s session, New Mexico lawmakers recently passed a bill to stop pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against 340B providers including reimbursing them at a lower rate than other providers. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

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As April 1 Deadline Looms, NY Health Centers Urge Courts to Stop Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Transfer

340B program advocates hold a die-in outside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office
New York state Sen. Robert Jackson (center, holding green sign) participated in a "die-in" outside of Gov. Kathy Hochul's office on Tuesday to protest the scheduled transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service on Saturday.

If New York State transfers Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service on Saturday as scheduled, “it will all but eliminate the savings that safety-net providers have realized through the 340B program and the revenues on which

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HHS Secretary: 340B “Doesn’t Have the Transparency We Need”

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks at Health Subcommittee hearing
The 340B program “doesn’t have the transparency we need,” HHS Secretary Becerra said during a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee hearing today.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said today that the 340B program “doesn’t have the transparency we need” and “we are going to do what we can to make it more transparent.”

Becerra was asked about the drug

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U.S. House Panel Debates 340B in Context of Health Care Transparency and Consolidation

Congresswoman Doris Matsui
“There’s been a lot of criticism of the 340B program lately and I’m concerned about the conversation on 340B happening today,” Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) said during a House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee hearing today.

The 340B program was discussed at length today during a U.S. House subcommittee hearing on price transparency and consolidation in health care, with three Republicans questioning whether hospitals are abusing the program and two Democrats and a Republican cautioning against

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RWC-340B Opposes and Hemophilia Alliance Questions PhRMA and NACHC’s Push to Remake 340B

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RWC-340B rejected and Hemophilia Alliance criticized PhRMA and NACHC's joint plan to restructure the 340B program.

Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access has announced it opposes the drug industry’s joint plan with community health centers to restructure the 340B program, saying it will increase manufacturers’ “already astronomical profits at the expense of safety net providers.”

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