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HRSA Refers Boehringer Ingelheim to HHS Inspector General over its 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy

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HRSA has referred Boehringer Ingelheim to the HHS Inspector General for possible imposition of civil monetary penalties over BI's conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today turned the screws tighter on Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) over its “continued failure to provide the 340B price to covered entities utilizing contract pharmacies.”

HRSA told BI in a March 29

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HRSA Invokes Contract Pharmacy Fight in Pitch for Comprehensive 340B Regulatory Power

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HRSA yesterday told Congress in its budget request that it needed comprehensive regulatory authority over the 340B program to resolve the dispute over the 340B contract pharmacy program.

Congress needs to give the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) comprehensive regulatory authority over the 340B program to resolve the dispute over the 340B contract pharmacy program, the Biden administration said yesterday in its proposed budget—although it did

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BioComp Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges Spanning a Whopping 8 Years

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Following a HRSA audit, BioComp Pharma is offering 340B covered entities refunds on six products for overcharges spanning eight years.

Generic-drug manufacturer BioComp is offering covered entities refunds for lower 340B prices that it did not pay on six NDCs for periods over eight years, starting in Q3 2013 and ending in Q2 2021.

BioComp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of San

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HRSA Starts Contacting Hospitals Forced Out of 340B During Pandemic About Possible Reinstatement

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HRSA will review and release some of the 340B-related records the New York Times is seeking through FOIA requests.

UPDATE Friday, March 18, 2022, 1:30 p.m. EDT—The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) told 340B Report shortly after this story was published, “To be eligible, [a] hospital’s termination must have been as a result of actions taken by

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For 2-3 Years, CMS Could Pay 340B Hospitals More for Pricey New Alzheimer’s Drug Than Current Norm

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MedPAC says that for two or three years CMS likely would pay 340B hospitals more for the expensive new Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm than it normally would for a Part B drug.

Medicare likely would pay 340B hospitals 106% of the average sales price (ASP) for Aduhelm—Biogen’s high-cost biologic drug for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease—for the first two or three years it is on the market, not the ASP minus 22.5% 340B hospital

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Non-Hospital 340B Entities Form Group to Fight on Their Own Behalf at National and State Levels

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The new non-hospital 340B covered entity group 340B Grantees says its work will include outreach, education, lobbying, and litigation.

Non-hospital 340B covered entities have formed a group called 340B Grantees to fight on their own behalf on legislation, in courts, and perhaps in politics at the federal and state levels.

340B Grantees hasn’t formally announced itself yet and is

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AHA Asks Becerra Again to Waive DSH Percentage Eligibility Requirement for 340B Hospitals During Pandemic

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The American Hospital Association wants HHS to waive a requirement that it says is forcing hospitals out of the 340B program due to COVID-19-related changes in payer mix.

The American Hospital Association has asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra again to waive a requirement that it says is forcing hospitals out of the 340B program due to COVID-19-related changes in payer mix.

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Akorn Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges

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Akorn Pharmaceuticals is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on 24 NDCs from Q1 2019 through Q4 2021.

Akorn Pharmaceuticals, a generic and brand drug manufacturer, is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on 24 NDCs from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2021.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) posted Akorn’s notice to

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340B Stakeholders Congratulate Egwim on Being Named OPA Director

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U.S. Public Health Service Lieutenant Commander Emeka Egwim left his position as director of OPA at HRSA 21 months after he started.

340B provider and drug industry stakeholders joined yesterday in congratulating U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Emeka Egwim on his selection as Director of the U.S. Office of Pharmacy Affairs, the federal agency that runs the 340B drug pricing program. 

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HRSA Picks Federal HIV/AIDS Policy Specialist Emeka Egwim To Be its Next 340B Program Director

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PHS Lt. Cmdr. Emeka Edwim is the new Director of HRSA's Office of Pharmacy Affairs, the HRSA unit that runs the 340B drug pricing program.

Emeka Egwim, a federal government HIV/AIDS policy specialist who also has served in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, is the new head of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

In a letter this morning to its staff, the U.S. Health

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