Spanberger and Johnson Lining up an Hour of Pro-340B Accolades on U.S. House Floor Next Tuesday

U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) are are organizing an hour of end-of-the-day floor speeches by House members lauding the 340B program this Tuesday.

340B covered entity allies in the U.S. House are booking an hour of floor speeches by members lauding the drug discount program next week Tuesday after all legislative business is finished.

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

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Hospital Group Leader Says “We’re Prepared to Go” in Direction of Federal 340B Contract Pharmacy Legislation

If the path to solving the 340B contract pharmacy dispute runs through Congress, "we're prepared to go in that direction,” 340B Health President and CEO Maureen Testoni said today.

For the first time since the 340B contract pharmacy impasse started over a year and a half ago, the leader of an influential hospital group said publicly today her association is prepared to move in the direction of a federal

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340B Report Publisher and CEO Forecasts What to Expect After November Congressional Elections

AHA and RWC-340B again took aim at the 340B ACCESS Act introduced this spring.

340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky says in his latest column for Omnicell’s blog that “all signs foretell a Republican takeover of the House and a very good possibility of the GOP assuming control of the closely

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Vizient Asks Congress to Pass Senate Version of Bill to Protect Hospitals from Losing 340B Eligibility During Pandemic

Vizient asked Congress to pass the U.S. Senate version of bipartisan legislation to protect hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health care services and group purchasing company Vizient asked Congress on Monday to pass the U.S. Senate version of bipartisan legislation to protect hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the

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Bipartisan U.S. House Group Wants HHS to Start Punishing Drug Makers Over 340B Pricing Denials

headshots of U.S. House leaders Spanberger, Axne, McKinley, Matsui, Katko, Johnson
Clockwise from top left, U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), Cindy Axne (D-Iowa), David McKinley (R-W.Va.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), John Katko (R-N.Y.), and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) asked HHS “to move quickly to enforce the law and begin assessing civil monetary penalties on manufacturers that have denied 340B pricing to providers.”

Three Democratic and three Republican U.S. House members asked the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Friday “to move quickly to enforce the law and begin assessing civil monetary penalties on manufacturers that have denied 340B pricing to

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AHA Asks Congress to Attach 340B Hospital Protections to Must-Pass Spending Bill

The House Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on July 10.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday asked U.S. House and Senate party leaders to ensure that a must-pass spending bill next month protects hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the

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Democrats Weigh Passing Build Back Better Act—Possibly Including Drug Pricing Reforms—in “Chunks”

New CBO findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms," U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week that new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms.”

“The average net price for brand-name

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340B “Anti-Pickpocketing” Bills Filed in Five States

The Florida Senate and four other state legislative chambers are considering bills 340B "anti-pickpocketing" legislation.

Bills have been filed in at least five state legislatures to protect 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies from discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Sixteen states have enacted one or more such laws since 2019, according to

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In a Big Relief for 340B Providers, Sen. Thune Will Run Again

U.S. Sen. John Thune (S.D.), a staunch 340B provider ally and the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, announced over the weekend he will seek re-election in November.

340B providers are sighing relief after U.S. Sen. John Thune (S.D.), a staunch 340B provider ally and the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, announced over the weekend he will seek re-election in November.

Thune announced that he was running on

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Three Big Predictions for the 340B Program in 2022

340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky makes three big predictions for the 340B program for 2022 in his latest monthly column for Omnicell’s blog.

In his monthly column for Omnicell’s blog, 340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky makes three big predictions for the 340B program for 2022. They focus on:

  • the U.S. Supreme Court case on Medicare reimbursement to 340B
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