News organization Politico reports that U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) “got into a back-and-forth with” the staff of Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) last week Thursday, July 29, over Cawthorn’s listing as a co-sponsor of legislation to protect 340B covered
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A new federal law to help financially distressed rural hospitals stay open in a reduced capacity would not preserve the hospitals’ eligibility for 340B drug discounts.
Federal spending legislation that President Trump signed into law last Dec. 27 included a
…An influential Republican congressman on Monday cautioned against amending federal spending legislation to rebuke six drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
During a July 26 U.S. House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas)
…The 340B program “will not be overlooked” if the drug industry strikes a grand bargain with Congress and the Biden administration on lowering drug prices, biopharma policy analyst Michael McCaughan predicted this week during a talk on drug pricing reform
…Drug industry vendor Kalderos is urging leaders in Washington to temporarily shield hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Kalderos is urging a rapid federal response to protect these hospitals,” the company said in a July 23
…Retired U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.), who co-led inquiries into stewardship of the 340B program while in Congress, died on Monday after being injured in a bicycle accident in his hometown of Gillette, Wyo. He was 77.
Enzi was a
…The U.S. House voted this evening “to highlight the need to protect the integrity of the 340B program by halting pharmaceutical manufacturers’ unlawful actions that have resulted in overcharges to 340B covered entities.”
Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and David McKinley
…The top Republicans on two U.S. House health subcommittees are leading a party effort to “craft legislative proposals that Republicans can advance after retaking the majority” in the November 2022 midterm elections. It is not known whether the group will
…The U.S. House Appropriations Committee is pleased with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for challenging six drug makers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies, the committee said in a report released yesterday. It encouraged
…In addition to weighing in on the ongoing 340B contract pharmacy standoff (see related story), the U.S. House Appropriations Committee has entered the thicket of the highly controversial topics of 340B patient definition and provider eligibility.
In its report
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