For the First Time Since Pandemic, Some 340B Providers Are Being Audited in Person

HRSA has reconfirmed that it is auditing 340B covered entities for program compliance both remotely and in-person this fiscal year.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has reconfirmed that it is auditing 340B covered entities for program compliance both remotely and in-person this fiscal year.

HRSA told 340B Report in mid-September that in October it would resume

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CMS Delays Implementing Rule Allowing Multiple Best Prices for Drugs Until Next July

340B provider groups strongly criticized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ draft guidance for Medicare drug price negotiations.

The Biden administration said yesterday it is delaying by six months the effective date of a Trump administration final rule to let drug manufacturers report multiple best prices on their products if states opt to participate in value-based purchasing (VBP)

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As Contract Pharmacy Losses Climb into the Billions, Fine for Overcharging 340B Providers Gets Closer to $6,000 Per Instance Mark

HHS OIG has raised the civil monetary penalty for overcharging a 340B covered entity to adjust for inflation.

The federal fine for overcharging a 340B covered entity just went up from $5,883.00 to $5,953.00 per each instance of overcharging.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted its annual inflation adjustments to

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In Pursuit of New 340B Leader, HRSA Expands Its Search Beyond Pharmacists

In a major shift, HRSA has dropped its requirement that the Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) must have a pharmacy degree and be a licensed pharmacist.

In a major organizational change, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has redefined the job of Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the HRSA unit that runs the 340B program.

For the first time in 340B

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News Alert: CMS Will Continue Deep Cut in 340B Hospitals’ Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement

CMS in 2022 will continue a nearly 30% reduction in place since 2018 in Medicare Part B reimbursement for many hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs and biologicals.

In a big disappointment for 340B hospital organizations, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced late this afternoon that it will continue a nearly 30% reduction in place since 2018 in Medicare Part B reimbursement for hospitals’

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CMS Decision on Whether to Keep Part B Drug Payment Cuts for 340B Hospitals Could Come as Soon as Today

CMS could disclose as soon as today whether it will continue, end, or modify its nearly 30% cut in certain hospitals’ Medicare Part B reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could disclose as soon as today whether it will continue, end, or modify the nearly 30% cut in certain hospitals’ Medicare Part B reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.

The White House Office

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Biden Administration Wants to Scuttle Azar’s Rule to Automatically Snuff Out HHS Regulations

The Biden administration says it wants to withdraw or repeal ex-HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s final rule that will automatically extinguish all HHS regulations if HHS does not renew each regulation within a certain timeframe. | C-SPAN

The Biden administration last Friday, as widely expected, proposed withdrawing or repealing a Trump administration final rule that will automatically extinguish all U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations if HHS does not renew each regulation within a certain timeframe.

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340B Lobbying Intensifies on Capitol Hill and in Federal Agencies

2021 could be the runner up to 2018 in terms of 340B lobbying intensity, as measured by citations on lobbying disclosure forms.

2021 is on track to rival peak year 2018 in lobbying intensity on the 340B drug pricing program.

Attention on health care lobbying in Washington today focuses on the huge sums the drug industry is spending fighting Democratic drug price

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HRSA Orders Two Drug Makers to Repay 340B Entities After Audits Show Overcharges

HRSA has ordered Akorn Inc. and BioComp Pharma to repay 340B covered entities for overcharges following audits.

The U.S. Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) has ordered two drug manufacturers that it audited—Akorn Inc. and BioComp Pharma—to repay 340B covered entities for overcharges.

HRSA updated its fiscal year 2021 audit results on its website last week.

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Updates on 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution Lawsuits and ADR Panel Hearings

There were several recent important developments involving HRSA's 340B administrative dispute resolution system. | Credit: "File:Massimo Busacca, Referee, Switzerland (10).jpg" by Steindy (talk) 11:44, 19 June 2011 (UTC) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

The federal government and the two groups that sued it separately to force it to issue long delayed 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) regulations agreed last night to keep stays in place in both lawsuits until Jan. 3, 2022. Meanwhile,

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