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West Virginia Providers Praise Newly Passed State 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

West Virginia providers said they strongly support the 340B contract pharmacy protection bill that Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed into law on March 27.

West Virginia provider groups are applauding a newly passed law to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state [...]

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Gaps in Hospital Financial Data Limit 340B Transparency, Analysis Says

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A KFF issue brief examined gaps in available data on hospitals and health systems' finances and use of the 340B program.

Significant gaps in hospital and health system’s financial data, including 340B program use, “limit transparency for policymakers, researchers, and consumers,” [...]

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Three 340B Terminations, Seven Paybacks to Manufacturers in Latest Provider Audit Findings

March 28, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Federal regulators released a March 20 update to ongoing 340B program integrity audits for fiscal year 2023.

Federal auditors determined terminations from the 340B program were required for either a covered entity site or a contract pharmacy [...]

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Judge Dismisses Health System’s Penny Pricing Coordination Lawsuit Against Drugmakers

March 26, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A federal district judge has dismissed Calif.-based Adventist West's lawsuit against four drug manufacturers.

A federal judge recently dismissed a large California health system’s whistleblower case against four pharmaceutical companies for alleged fraudulent 340B [...]

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California Ballot Initiative Targets Big 340B Provider Serving HIV Population

March 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Tom Myers, general counsel for AHF, said a California ballot measure is intended as retaliation against the HIV/AIDS group.

A California ballot initiative aims to codify the California governor’s 2019 shift of the Medicaid program’s prescription drug benefit from [...]

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Two Reports Critique Financial Dynamics of 340B Program

March 19, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Recent reports from 46brooklyn, a nonprofit think tank, and IQVIA, a drug industry analytics firm, criticized the financial dynamics of 340B.

The 340B program may increase medication costs for self-insured employers, a recent study from a pharmaceutical industry outsourcing and analytics [...]

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340B Hospitals’ Low-Income Prostate Cancer Patients Had Better Adherence

March 19, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Dr. Kassem Faraj and his co-authors at the University of Michigan found 340B was associated with better treatment adherence for more vulnerable prostate cancer patients.

Although 340B participation did not correlate to the start of costly treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer enrolled in [...]

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Mississippi House Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill, Two Days After Senate Passes Similar Bill

March 15, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Mississippi House passed, 83-31, a bill that would prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state.

The Mississippi state house yesterday passed a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy benefit [...]

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Imminent Enforcement of Arkansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Law to Follow Court Decision Upholding It

March 14, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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The Arkansas Insurance Department will imminently enforce a state 340B contract pharmacy law following a key federal appeals court decision.

After a federal appeals court recently upheld Arkansas’ 340B contract pharmacy law, the state will initiate enforcement against 14 drugmakers [...]

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Mississippi Senate Unanimously Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill After Similar Legislation Dies in Florida

March 14, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Mississippi state senate unanimously passed a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific PBM policies.

The Mississippi Senate this week unanimously passed a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy [...]

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West Virginia Providers Praise Newly Passed State 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

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Gaps in Hospital Financial Data Limit 340B Transparency, Analysis Says

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Three 340B Terminations, Seven Paybacks to Manufacturers in Latest Provider Audit Findings

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Judge Dismisses Health System’s Penny Pricing Coordination Lawsuit Against Drugmakers

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California Ballot Initiative Targets Big 340B Provider Serving HIV Population

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Two Reports Critique Financial Dynamics of 340B Program

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340B Hospitals’ Low-Income Prostate Cancer Patients Had Better Adherence

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