CBO Raises Changing 340B Patient Definition to Ease Pressure on Commercial Insurers

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Changing the 340B patient definition “might reduce hospitals’ and physicians’ incentives to consolidate,” the CBO says in a new analysis.

Changing the 340B patient definition “might reduce hospitals’ and physicians’ incentives to consolidate,” but to what extent “remains highly uncertain,” the Congressional Budget Office says in a new policy analysis.

House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) asked CBO to

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Fallout from New York Times’s 340B Investigative Piece Continues as Local Media, Policymakers, and Community Weighs In

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A New York Times investigative story on the 340B program continues to garner attention both locally and nationally.

Shockwaves from the New York Times’ investigative piece on the alleged misuse of 340B savings by a Catholic health system in Richmond, Virginia continues to spread, as local news outlets and government leaders from all levels respond.  The lengthy article

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Manchin and Braun Call on HHS To Take Immediate Action Against Drug Manufacturers in Contract Pharmacy Battle

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Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Braun (R-Ind.) are urging HHS to take action against drug manufacturers who have placed restrictions in the contract pharmacy setting.

Government health officials need to take immediate action to fully enforce the law against drug makers who are denying 340B drug discounts to providers who use contract pharmacies to dispense 340B-priced drugs, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA.) and U.S. Senator

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National Association of Community Health Centers Calls On Congress “To Move Urgently” To Tackle 340B Contract Pharmacy Impasse “Before It’s Too Late”

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After the government’s Administrative Dispute Resolution panel dismissed its complaint against drug manufacturers, NACHC is calling for Congress to take urgent action to address the contract pharmacy impasse.

Sparked by the dismissal of its complaint against Astra Zeneca and Sanofi by the government’s Administrative Dispute Resolution Panel (ADR), the National Association of Community Health Centers say “they cannot wait any longer for a solution,” to the two-year standoff

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White House Seeks $27 Billion for COVID-19 and Monkeypox Response

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The Biden administration is requesting $27 billion to combat monkeypox and COVID-19, but Senate Republicans are signaling skepticism and resistance.

The Biden administration is requesting $27 billion to combat monkeypox and COVID-19 as part of a stopgap spending bill to fund the government past the end of fiscal year 2022, which ends Sept. 30. Senate Republicans are signaling skepticism and

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Becerra Says Legislation Is Needed to Strengthen HHS Authority to Address 340B Contract Pharmacy Pricing Denials

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Congress needs to give HHS more more regulatory power and money if its wants the department to do more about drug companies that curtail the use of 340B drugs in contract pharmacies, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told House members in a Sept. 1 letter.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told members of Congress on Thursday that his department is doing all it can with the tools it has to address drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies.

If lawmakers

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GOP House Leaders Want Answers from Becerra on Implementation and Impact of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

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Ranking Republicans Kevin Brady (left) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (center) of House Ways & Means and Energy & Commerce committees sent a letter to HHS foreshadowing intensified oversight if Republicans win back control of the House in November.

Top U.S. House Republicans sent U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra a letter on Monday asking 18 detailed questions about implementation and oversight of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare drug price negotiation provisions. Their interrogation foreshadows intensified

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Key Takeaways from New Medicare Law and 340B Implications

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President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Aug. 16.

The landmark prescription drug pricing legislation that President Joe Biden signed this month is a mixed bag for 340B stakeholders, 340B Health Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says in his latest column for Omnicell.

Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on

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House GOP Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Collect and Report 340B Hospital Data

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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) has reintroduced a bill that would create new reporting requirements for 340B disproportionate share (DSH), children’s, and free-standing cancer hospitals and their child sites.

U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) has reintroduced a comprehensive health care bill he sponsored during the last session of Congress that would create new reporting requirements for 340B disproportionate share (DSH), children’s, and free-standing cancer hospitals and their child sites.

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In Show of Support, House GOP Conference Chair Stefanik Visits 340B Contract Pharmacy

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) with contract pharmacy employees
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York (second from left), the third highest-ranking House Republican, visited a 340B contract pharmacy in Plattsburgh last week in a show of support for the drug discount program.

Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), U.S. congresswoman for the 21st district in upstate New York and third highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, visited independently-owned Condo Pharmacy in Plattsburgh, N.Y., last week in a show of support for the 340B contract pharmacy

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