Hospital trade groups are lodging strong objections to maintaining steep cuts in Medicare Part B drug reimbursement as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 final rule for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS), while the trade group for brand
…
The U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) today referred six drug manufacturers to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department of the Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) regarding their refusal to offer 340B discounts to 340B covered
…
Drug manufacturer Sanofi has sent letters to 340B covered entities that have complained to federal authorities about its denials of 340B pricing on drugs shipped to contract pharmacies, covered entity representatives say.
Sanofi has acknowledged but not responded to requests
…
Napo Pharmaceuticals yesterday posted a public notice to 340B covered entities about how to obtain 340B pricing on Mytesi, an antidiarrheal for patients living with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral drugs.
Napo said in the notice on the U.S. Health
…
Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Genentech notified 340B entities this week that it is running out of Actemra IV (tocilizumab)—a key tool in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients. It told entities they will be subject to the same allocation procedures as other buyers.
The
…
340B hospitals are bracing for a blow tomorrow when drug manufacturer Merck imposes restrictions on 340B discounts when hospitals use contract pharmacies to dispense drugs to patients.
Merck’s 340B contract pharmacy limitations will come on the heels of Boehringer Ingelheim’s
…
U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Democratic leaders have sent letters to three major drug manufacturers demanding an explanation for the skyrocketing price of insulin. The E&C Committee has jurisdiction over the 340B program and plays an instrumental role on
…
Drug manufacturer Merck says it is imposing mandatory conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies due to “very low” participation in its voluntary 340B program integrity initiative.
Groups that represent hospitals in the drug discount program say Merck
…
Drug manufacturer Merck has begun informing 340B covered entities that, effective Sept. 1, it will stop providing 340B pricing to hospitals that partner with 340B contract pharmacies unless the hospitals share 340B claims data with its vendor 340B ESP.
Hospitals
…*Sign up for news summaries and alerts from 340B Report