Vermont’s legislature has voted to bar pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from requiring claims modifiers on 340B-purchased drugs, except for claims paid directly or indirectly by Medicaid.
PBMs also would be unable to restrict 340B contract pharmacies’ access to pharmacy networks
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The U.S. Senate is expected today to confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), clearing the way for the swearing in of another key Biden administration official with influence touching on
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A U.S. House committee alleged Tuesday that AbbVie gamed the federal orphan drug program to boost profits for its anti-inflammatory drug Humira—by far, the top-selling medicine in the United States.
Four types of hospitals that participate in the 340B program
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Montana has passed a law barring pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from excluding 340B contract pharmacies from participating in their networks.
SB 395, known as the Montana Pharmacy Benefit Manager Oversight Act, was signed into law last week by
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A bipartisan group of six U.S. House members, led by Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), have re-introduced a bill that would prevent hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B discounts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Five of the six types
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 61-37 to confirm Andrea Palm’s nomination to be deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Palm voiced support for the 340B program during her confirmation hearing.
Palm’s confirmation still
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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told a member of Congress during a hearing this morning “We are on this one” when asked about six drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B drug discounts when covered entities use contract
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There is a 340B angle in the fight in the U.S. House over who should be third in the Republican leadership ranks.
The GOP caucus is expected to vote tomorrow to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as House Republican Conference
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Arkansas’s and Indiana’s governors have signed bills in recent days to prevent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B covered entities, and a similar bill is awaiting the Tennessee governor’s signature.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed his state’s
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