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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USA Today Fact-Checks Claim that Biden Raised Insulin Prices by Freezing 340B Rule

USA Today says says claims circulating on social media that the Biden administration raised insulin prices by freezing a 340B-related Trump administration rule are “missing context.”

USA Today, America’s top newspaper ranked by circulation, says claims circulating on social media that the Biden administration raised insulin prices by freezing a 340B-related Trump administration rule are “missing context.”

Last Friday, the national newspaper’s Fact Check feature

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44 New York State Lawmakers Urge Cuomo to Reverse Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer

Forty-four New York state legislators have signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) expressing “strong opposition” to the scheduled transfer in April of Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. They said the transfer “will have

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340B Guidance Documents Removed from HHS Public Database

It is not known when the majority of the 340B guidance documents disappeared from the HHS Guidance Portal, who took them down, or why.

Nearly all 340B-related program guidance documents have been taken down from an online database that the Trump administration launched last summer to underscore its position that federal government guidance documents are non-binding.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA)

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AHA Asks CMS to Withdraw Trump’s Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Rule

During an October 2018 event at HHS, former President Trump promised to end "global freeloading" that caused Americans to pay higher drug prices. | Source: C-SPAN

The American Hospital Association (AHA) asked the Biden administration this week to immediately withdraw the Trump administration’s “most favored nation” (MFN) drug pricing interim final rule, in part, because of the damage it will do to 340B hospitals and “critical

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Generic Liquid Drug Manufacturer Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is requiring Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. (PAI), a South Carolina-based generic liquid drug manufacturer, to repay 340B covered entities for charges on its products above the 340B ceiling price discovered during a fiscal

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