Category: Regulatory

Hawaii Lawmakers Urge State Health Department to Protect 340B

March 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Hawaii legislators in the house and senate introduced resolutions that urged the state health department to act to protect the 340B program.

Influential Hawaiian state legislators have introduced resolutions that call on the state health department to “ensure continued access to affordable [...]

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Two More Drug Companies Restore 340B Contract Pharmacy Access in Arkansas After Court Decision; Enforcement Action Imminent Against Others

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

As AID prepares to initiate enforcement of Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law, two more drugmakers announced they would exempt state providers from their contract pharmacy policies.

Months after nine drug manufacturers restored 340B contract pharmacy access in Arkansas, two more companies have announced they will exempt [...]

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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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HRSA Urges Federal Court to Reject Health Systems’ Challenge to 340B Child Site Registration Policy Reversal

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

HRSA asked a federal district court to dismiss 44 health systems' challenge to its 340B child site registration policy reversal.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from forty-four health systems [...]

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Biden Budget Request Keeps OPA Funding Flat

March 12, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget would increase HRSA funding but not the budget of OPA, the office that oversees the 340B program.

Despite the looming finalization of a major policy change, this week’s fiscal year 2025 budget request would freeze the budget [...]

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Massachusetts to Bar Managed Medicaid Payments for GLP-1 Drugs for 340B Patients

March 7, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, will soon bar managed care plans for paying for certain high-cost obesity drugs using 340B.

Massachusetts will soon change its Medicaid payment policy to bar managed care plans from paying for seven high-cost, anti-obesity medications [...]

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CMS Directs Contractors to Provide Accelerated Payments as Part of Change Healthcare Cyber Attack Response

March 5, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

In response to the ongoing Change Healthcare cyberattack, CMS will direct contractors to provide some accelerated payments to hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will direct Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) to provide some accelerated payments to [...]

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Minnesota Finalizes 340B Provider Reporting Rules, Data Submission to Start April 1

March 5, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Minnesota Department of Health finalized guidance for the state's new annual 340B covered entity reporting requirements.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) last Friday released its final guidance on one of the first state 340B provider [...]

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100 Days and Counting: ADR Final Rule Still Under White House Review

February 29, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Stephen Kuperberg, principal at the Law Offices of Stephen Kuperberg, said the Supreme Court underscored the importance of having a well-functioning ADR process.

After missing its self-imposed deadline of publishing the 340B administrative dispute resolution final rule by the end of 2023, the [...]

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HRSA Lacks Authority to Reverse 340B Child Site Registration Policy, Hospital Group Tells Court

February 29, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A hospital association asked the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia to side with more than 40 health systems that sued federal regulators over a hospital registration policy change.

A 340B hospital association this week asked a federal court to bar, without a full trial, federal regulators from reversing [...]

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Two More Drug Companies Restore 340B Contract Pharmacy Access in Arkansas After Court Decision; Enforcement Action Imminent Against Others

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

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HRSA Urges Federal Court to Reject Health Systems’ Challenge to 340B Child Site Registration Policy Reversal

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Biden Budget Request Keeps OPA Funding Flat

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Massachusetts to Bar Managed Medicaid Payments for GLP-1 Drugs for 340B Patients

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CMS Directs Contractors to Provide Accelerated Payments as Part of Change Healthcare Cyber Attack Response

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Minnesota Finalizes 340B Provider Reporting Rules, Data Submission to Start April 1

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100 Days and Counting: ADR Final Rule Still Under White House Review

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