The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tuesday announced the first 27 prescription drugs that will be subject to Medicare Part B inflation rebates, a list that includes AbbVie’s blockbuster arthritis drug Humira, which generated $5.6 billion in global
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Generic and specialty drug manufacturer Amneal Pharmaceuticals is offering refunds for 340B overcharges on an 18-page-long list of products for purchases between Q3 2019 and Q3 2022.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted New Jersey-based Amneal’s notice to
…Drug manufacturer Lilly’s announcement last week that it is slashing the price of Humalog, its most commonly prescribed insulin, may have been less about altruism and more about avoiding exposure to bigger Medicaid rebates, a prominent drug pricing expert says.
…Generic drug manufacturer Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA said in a recent public notice it will pay refunds for 340B overcharges that occurred mostly in the first two quarters of 2022. The products include Zydus’ equivalents of the widely prescribed antibiotic Zithromax,
…UPDATED Thursday March 2, 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT to include comment from HRSA.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has asked multiple hospitals to explain how they determine patient eligibility for 340B drugs, how they define, track, and use
…New research by drug industry contractor IQVIA questions whether claims identifiers can be used successfully to exclude 340B-purchased drugs from new Medicare drug inflation rebates or to protect manufacturers from paying both a new negotiated Medicare price and a 340B
…America’s Essential Hospitals asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra late last week “to swiftly remedy five years of unlawful drug reimbursement cuts to 340B
hospitals under Medicare Part B.”
“These cuts, and a delay in recompensing hospitals for
…The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comments by March 11 on “the most reliable way to identify” 340B-purchased drugs dispensed to Medicare Part D beneficiaries so they can be excluded from new Part D inflation rebate
…The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should monitor non-hospital 340B covered entities’ use of modifiers to identify 340B-priced drugs in Part B claims, as these
…The fight over 340B contract pharmacy loomed large in stakeholders’ comments last week on a proposed federal regulation to revamp the 340B program’s administrative dispute resolution system.
Health care provider groups, citing manufacturers’ contract pharmacy policies, said they want the
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