Alcon Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges on 22 Products

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Alcon is providing refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices on 22 NDCs for varying sales periods from Q3 2019 through Q3 2022.

Swiss eye care drug manufacturer Alcon is providing refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices on 22 NDCs for varying sales periods from Q3 2019 through Q3 2022.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted Alcon’s public notice about

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CMS Requiring All 340B Entities to Use Claims Modifiers When Billing Part B for 340B Drugs

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CMS is requiring all 340B covered entities by Jan. 1, 2024, to use claims modifiers to identify drugs as having been purchased through 340B when they bill for separately payable Medicare Part B drugs.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services starting Jan. 1, 2024, will require all 340B covered entities—hospital and grantee—to use claims modifiers to identify drugs as having been purchased through 340B when they bill for separately payable Medicare Part

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Viatris Providing Credits Due to Problem that Made 340B Pricing Unavailable in August

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Viatris says it will give credits for drug purchases at higher than 340B ceiling price during early August, when a problem during a system transition made 340B prices unavailable to some entities.

Drug manufacturer Viatris will give 340B covered entities credits on requests for purchases of dozens of NDCs at higher than 340B ceiling price during the first 11 days of August, the company says in a notice on the U.S. Health

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Private Oncologist Group-Funded Study Models Effects of Using CMS’s Controversial 2020 340B Hospital Drug Cost Survey

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A new study models what would happened in 2023 if Medicare paid 340B hospitals for physician administered drugs based on a survey of those hospitals’ drug acquisition costs taken during the COVID pandemic’s darkest days in 2020.

Private practice oncologists have paid for a study to model what would happened in 2023 if Medicare paid 340B hospitals for physician administered drugs based on a survey of those hospitals’ drug acquisition costs taken during the COVID pandemic’s darkest

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Merck Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges During Q4 2019, Q3 2021, and Q2 2022

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Merck is providing refunds for 340B overcharges during Q4 2019, Q3 2021, and Q2 2022.

Drug manufacturer Merck is providing refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices on 23 NDCs purchased during Q4 2019, Q3 2021, and Q2 2022.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted Merck’s Nov. 21 notice about the repayments on

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340B Registration for First Quarter of 2023 Will Run from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17

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The first quarter 2023 registration period for covered entity enrollment in 340B will begin Jan. 1 and end Jan. 17.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has slightly adjusted the dates of the first of four periods in 2023 during which eligible entities may register themselves, their child sites, and their contract pharmacies to participate in the 340B program.

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Novo Nordisk Announces Third Round of 340B Refunds This Year

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Novo Nordisk for the third time this year has announced refunds for 340B overcharges due to revisions of Medicaid pricing data.

Drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk for the third time this year has announced refunds for 340B overcharges due to revisions of Medicaid pricing data.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted the company’s notice to covered entities on its website

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RWC-340B Assessing Dispute Resolution Proposed Rule’s Impact on Its Lawsuit and Current Dispute Resolution Petition

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RWC-340B is assessing how HRSA's proposed new 340B dispute resolution process would affect the group's ongoing dispute with AstraZeneca and ongoing lawsuit against HRSA and HHS.

Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access told a federal district judge last week it needs time to assess how proposed new 340B administrative dispute resolution regulations, if finalized, could affect the 340B overcharging claims it brought against AstraZeneca under the

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340B Dispute Resolution Proposed Rule Would Eject CMS Staff and HHS Lawyers from Process and Put OPA in Charge

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The Biden administration wants major changes to the 340B program administrative dispute resolution process, including giving OPA the only votes on ADR panels.

As we were the first to report on Tuesday morning, the Biden administration has proposed major changes to the 340B program administrative dispute resolution process, including stripping the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and

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Provider Groups Cite Inaction on 340B Pricing Denials in Their Reactions to Dispute Resolution Proposal

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HRSA posted a notice about its proposed rule to revamp the 340B administrative dispute resolution process on the Office of Pharmacy Affairs homepage.

Groups that represent 340B covered entities said they looked forward to studying the federal government’s proposal Tuesday to revamp the 340B administrative dispute process. But they expressed concern that drug manufacturers still are not being punished for denying 340B pricing

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