Category: Legislative

Lawmakers Hit Campaign Trail Without Unveiling Highly Anticipated SUSTAIN 340B Act

September 26, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The “Group of Six” is expected to announce this week that it plans to release the SUSTAIN Act by the end of the year.

Members of Congress are headed back to their districts this week to campaign ahead of the November elections without unveiling [...]

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Sen. Cassidy’s Letters to Drug Manufacturers Welcomed by Drug Industry Trade Group, Draw Skepticism from 340B Provider Advocates

September 24, 2024 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent & Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The drug industry and 340B program advocates offered mixed reactions Monday to a key senator’s latest inquiries into drugmakers’ contract pharmacy restrictions as part of an ongoing congressional probe of the drug pricing program.

The drug industry and 340B program advocates offered mixed reactions Monday to a key senator’s latest inquiries into drugmakers’ contract [...]

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Delaware Enacts 340B-PBM Payment Law Without Contract Pharmacy Provisions from Original Version

September 24, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Delaware enacted a law prohibiting PBMs from limiting payments to healthcare providers based on their 340B status.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) late last week signed into law a bill to prohibit “discrimination against 340B entities by [...]

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Senator Cassidy Extends 340B Inquiry to Two Major Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

September 23, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has extended an ongoing 340B probe to two major drug manufacturers.

An influential Republican senator this morning requested detailed information from Eli Lilly and Amgen on their 340B programs, including the [...]

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House Passes Pediatric Enrollment Bill That Would Require 340B Providers to Report Medicaid Managed Care Revenue

September 19, 2024 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday evening to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also increase reporting requirements for certain 340B providers.

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday evening to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also increase [...]

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Sen. Welch Hopes His Contract Pharmacy Bill Will Move Soon, ASAP 340B and PhRMA Push for Broader Bill

September 17, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Senate version of the 340B PATIENTS Act faces hurdles to passage despite broad support from provider groups.

The sponsor of new Senate legislation that would codify providers’ ability to use contract pharmacies to dispense 340B discounted drugs [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: 5th Circuit Appeals and Updates in Arkansas, Minnesota, West Virginia

September 12, 2024 340B Report Staff Views

Key filings and orders occurred in lawsuits challenging the 340B contract pharmacy access law in Missouri.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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Welch Introduces 340B PATIENTS Act in the Senate

September 11, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a Senate version of the 340B PATIENTS Act.

A Vermont Democrat has introduced Senate legislation to codify providers’ ability to use contract pharmacies to dispense 340B discounted drugs, [...]

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AHA Calls on Congress to Defend 340B Access to Specialty, Community Pharmacies Amid Drugmaker Resistance

September 10, 2024 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

AHA officials penned a Medical Economics op-ed on “the truth behind growth of the 340B prescription drug program.”

Specialty and community pharmacies play an essential role in the 340B program and must be protected against interference by drug [...]

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Pharma-Linked Watchdog Advocacy Group Leader Pens Op-Ed Urging Congress to Advance 340B Legislation

September 10, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Tom Schatz, the president of CCAGW and CAGW, urged Congress to "swiftly consider and enact legislation to reform the 340B program” in a Sept. 8 op-ed.

The head of Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)—the lobbying arm of a watchdog group which has long advocated [...]

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Lawmakers Hit Campaign Trail Without Unveiling Highly Anticipated SUSTAIN 340B Act

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Sen. Cassidy’s Letters to Drug Manufacturers Welcomed by Drug Industry Trade Group, Draw Skepticism from 340B Provider Advocates

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Delaware Enacts 340B-PBM Payment Law Without Contract Pharmacy Provisions from Original Version

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Senator Cassidy Extends 340B Inquiry to Two Major Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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House Passes Pediatric Enrollment Bill That Would Require 340B Providers to Report Medicaid Managed Care Revenue

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Sen. Welch Hopes His Contract Pharmacy Bill Will Move Soon, ASAP 340B and PhRMA Push for Broader Bill

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: 5th Circuit Appeals and Updates in Arkansas, Minnesota, West Virginia

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