Providers Celebrate 340B Medicare Drug Payment Fix, Object to How It’s Funded

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CMS today formally published in the Federal Register its proposed remedy for illegal Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for many 340B hospitals from 2018 through 2022.
Provider groups widely celebrated the Medicare proposal to provide a $9 billion lump sum payment to reimburse 340B hospitals for [...]

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CMS Proposes $9 Billion in Lump Sum Payments to Reimburse Hospitals for Past 340B Part B Drug Payment Cuts

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CMS late this afternoon proposed how it will repay 340B hospitals for $10.5 billion in illegal Medicare Part B drug payment cuts.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to provide lump sum Medicare Part B drug payments to 340B [...]

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White House Clears CMS to Issue Proposed Fix for 340B Hospital Part B Drug Payment Cuts

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The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday cleared CMS to issue its proposed remedy for five year's worth of Medicare Part B drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals.
The White House yesterday gave the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the go-ahead to publish its proposed remedy [...]

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340B Issues Remain Unresolved in Latest CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Guidance

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CMS said in its latest Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program guidance it still working on a process to allow manufacturers to avoid providing a 340B price and a negotiated fair price for the same drug.
The latest guidance to implement first-time drug price negotiation under Medicare said federal officials still are looking for a process [...]

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Hospital Groups to CMS: Don’t Rob Some Hospitals to Repay 340B Hospitals for Your Illegal Drug Payment Cuts

AHA and NRHA
AHA and NRHA both urged the Biden administration not to claw back Medicare payments from some hospitals to pay for the remedy for illegal drug payment cuts for 340B hospitals.

Two hospital groups separately urged Biden administration officials this month to not divert funding from non-340B hospitals and some 340B hospitals in order to repay other 340B hospitals for almost five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug payment

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State Roundup: Lots of 340B Action as Many Legislatures Conclude Sessions

John Bel Edwards
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed a bill making his state the second to stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has signed legislation making his state just the second with a law addressing manufacturer conditions on deliveries of 340B-acquired drugs to contract pharmacies.

Arkansas’s Act 1103, passed in August 2021, was the first. A

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AHA Urges HRSA to Restore Policy Allowing Earlier Use of 340B Drugs in Hospital Outpatient Clinics

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The American Hospital Association published a study that found 340B hospitals' community benefit increased significantly in 2020.

The American Hospital Association has asked the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to resume letting hospitals dispense 340B drugs at offsite clinics that have not yet appeared on the hospital’s most recently filed Medicare cost report.

AHA asked HRSA

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340B Registration for Third Quarter of 2023 Will Run from July 1 to July 17

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Q3 2023 covered entity registration for the 340B program runs from July 1 to July 17, HRSA says.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has added two days to the next quarterly 340B registration period.

A HRSA spokesperson said Friday that Q3 registration for 340B covered entities, their child sites, and their contract pharmacies will begin July

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CMS Creates New Group to Lead Medicaid Managed Care Policy

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CMS has created a new group within the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services to develop and manage federal Medicaid managed care policy.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said this week it has created a new unit within the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) to develop and manage federal Medicaid managed care policy.

CMS announced the

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HHS, HRSA Tell Judge They Don’t Know When They’ll Replace 340B Dispute Resolution Process

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HHS and HRSA recently told a federal district court they “are unable to predict” when they will finally replace HRSA’s 340B administrative dispute resolution proces.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration “are unable to predict” when they will finally replace HRSA’s 340B administrative dispute resolution process, the government said in a recent legal filing.

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