Biden Reportedly Has Settled on His Choice to Run CMS

President Biden reportedly has chosen former federal executive and legislative branch health policy official Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be his nominee to head CMS.

Several news organizations report that the Biden administration will nominate former federal executive and legislative branch health policy official Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to serve as Administrator of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The White House had not announced

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Generic Drug Manufacturer Posts 340B Refund Notice

Generic liquid drug manufacturer Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. (PAI), has notified 340B covered entities on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website about 340B overcharges and potential credit/rebill repayments regarding all of its products covering the first through third

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Muted by Litigation, Pedley Avoids Hottest 340B Topics But Provides Some Nuggets

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is “ramping up” its work with the Biden administration “and bringing forth the key issues and concerns of” the 340B program, Rear Adm. Krista Pedley, the program’s director, said today in a

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PolitiFact Calls Senate Candidate’s 340B Insulin Claim “Mostly False”

PolitiFact rated U.S. Senate candidate Mark Walker’s tweet that President Biden “is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured” as being Mostly False.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism website that fact-checks politicians’ claims has waded into the controversy over whether President Biden raised insulin prices by freezing a 340B-related Trump administration regulation.

On Feb. 11, the Poynter Institute’s PolitiFact site rated U.S. Senate

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Drug Manufacturers GSK and Esperion Offering Refunds for 340B Overcharges

Glaxo Smith Kline has notified 340B covered entities about the availability of refunds for overcharges early in 2019. | Shutterstock

Drug manufacturer Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) yesterday notified 340B covered entities on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website that it is offering refunds for overcharges on about two dozen NDCs during the first quarter of 2019.

In

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Health Centers to Begin Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines Directly

The National Association of Community Health Centers said its members have already begun vaccinating priority populations against the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes COVID-19. | Shutterstock

As soon as Monday, some federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) will be able to start ordering COVID-19 vaccines for administration to patients, under a “community health centers vaccination program” announced Tuesday by the Biden administration.

The administration said in

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Calif. Health Centers Ask Newsom to Delay Medi-Cal Drug Benefit Shift Until 2022

California health centers have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay the transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service until next year.

California health centers asked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday to delay implementing his controversial transfer of Medicaid drug benefits from managed care to fee for service until January 2022, to let health centers “focus on the needs of their

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Generic Drug Manufacturer Hikma Providing Credits for 340B Overcharges

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA, the U.S. division of U.K.-based generic drug manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc, is crediting 340B covered entities for overcharges on a long list of NDCs from the fourth quarter of 2017 through the fourth quarter of 2020.

The

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Two New Manufacturer Notices to 340B Entities on HRSA Website

The generic drug manufacturer recently required to repay covered entities for charging above the ceiling price following an audit has posted a notice on the U.S. Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) website about recalculation of ceiling prices and “potential

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Sanofi Lifts 340B Contract Pharmacy Requirements for Some Providers But Many Are Still Affected

Health centers and four types of hospitals still have to upload their 340B contract pharmacy claims data to a Sanofi vendor to keep getting 340B discounts on Sanofi products. | Source: Shutterstock

Drug manufacturer Sanofi has exempted 11 of the 16 types of health care providers eligible to participate in the 340B program from its conditions on 340B pricing for its products dispensed by contract pharmacies. However, consolidated health center programs (CH),

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