Hospital Advocates Meet with Regulators on Lump Sum Rule

Boris Bershteyn, an attorney representing AHA, will advocate for for changes in the 340B lump sum re-payment rule before federal regulators.
Two hospital advocacy groups are meeting with federal healthcare regulators to press their case for changes in the 340B lump [...]

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Drugmaker Overcharge Fines for 340B Drugs Reach Nearly $7,000

Drugmaker overcharge fines, which the Department of Health and Human Services assesses, recently increased to nearly $7,000.
The federal fine for each instance of drugmaker overcharges for 340B covered entities recently increased to nearly $7,000. The fine [...]

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Hospital Sues to Stop 340B Expulsion Over Alleged Failure to Recertify

The hospital Insight Chicago and federal regulators have agreed to dismiss a case before a federal district court over the hospital's 340B eligibility.
A federal district judge is temporarily keeping an inner-city Chicago hospital in the 340B program as it fights to prevent [...]

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Novartis Offering 340B Refunds on Two Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals

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Drugmaker Novartis is offering refunds to 340B covered entities on certain purchases of two radiopharmaceuticals.
Drug manufacturer Novartis is offering 340B covered entities refunds on purchases of two imaging agents, partly contingent on whether an [...]

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Speaker Vacancy Paralyzes House, Stalls 340B Legislation

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The U.S. House is unlikely to vote on any legislation—including multiple bills with 340B provisions—until a new speaker is elected.
The U.S. House’s vote to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speakership has paused action on multiple bills with [...]

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Major Drugmakers Agree to Negotiate Drug Prices with Medicare

Judge Michael Newman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied a business group's request to pause Medicare negotiations while legal challenges to the IRA play out.
Medicare drug price negotiations will move ahead as planned after major drugmakers agreed to participate and a federal district judge [...]

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Hospitals Defend 340B Compliance Amid Influential Senator’s Investigation

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) expanded his ongoing inquiry into 340B revenue with letters to two major contract pharmacies.
The two hospital systems subject to a senator’s investigation into 340B program revenue have said they are fully compliant with [...]

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As Medicare Lump Sum Payment Regulation Heads to Finish Line, Critics Weigh In

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In response to the ongoing Change Healthcare cyberattack, CMS will direct contractors to provide some accelerated payments to hospitals.
The final rule to provide repayment to many 340B hospitals for five years of unlawful Medicare cuts entered the final [...]

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In Key 340B Patient Definition Case, Hospital Group Accuses Drugmakers of “Numerous Misstatements”

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Chief Judge R. Bryan Harwell of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina has not yet decided on 340B Health's request to file an amicus brief in a key 340B patient definition case.
A national hospital group has asked a federal district court for permission “to correct numerous misstatements” that it says drug [...]

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Ranking GOP Senator on Key Committee Opens Investigation into 340B Hospital Revenue

Bill Cassidy
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ranking Republican on the Senate HELP Committee, does not appear to have the authority to compel hospitals to respond to his inquiry on 340B revenue.
The top Republican on an influential Senate committee has opened an investigation into how two major health systems use revenue [...]

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