Washington Health Officials Submit Report to State Legislature on 340B Cost Reduction Opportunities, Program Benefits to Community

The Washington State Health Care Authority recently submitted a report to state legislature on 340B cost reduction opportunities.
Washington state could see greater cost reductions under a Medicaid fee-for-service pharmacy reimbursement model for 340B providers than through Medicaid [...]

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State Action Year in Review: States Passed More 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Laws as Drugmakers Pursued Legal Challenges and Dark-Money Campaign Threatened GOP Lawmakers

Six states passed 340B contract pharmacy access bills in 2024, bringing the total to eight.
Contract pharmacy restrictions—and legislation to override them—dominated 340B policy discussions in statehouses and courtrooms across the country this year, as [...]

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Drugmakers Drop Lawsuits Against Kansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Law After AG Says Statute Does Not ‘Prohibit or Forbid Anything’

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) said the state's 340B contract pharmacy access law "does not require anything of a drug manufacturer nor does it prohibit or forbid anything.”
Three manufacturers and a drug industry trade group dropped their lawsuits against Kansas’ 340B contract pharmacy access law after the [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Updates in Mississippi, Missouri

Key briefs were filed this week in litigation over state contract pharmacy access laws in Mississippi and Missouri.
Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B Report [...]

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Federal Judge Blocks West Virginia from Enforcing Contract Pharmacy Access Law While Challenges Play Out

U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston of the Southern District of West Virginia granted motions for preliminary injunction against West Virginia’s contract pharmacy access law.

In the first major legal setback for states pursuing contract pharmacy protections, a federal district judge ruled yesterday that West Virginia officials cannot enforce the state’s contract pharmacy access law while three drug industry legal challenges play out.

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Michigan Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Contract Pharmacy Access Bill, Sending to House for Final Push  

The Michigan Senate overwhelmingly passed a 340B contract pharmacy access bill on Dec. 12.
With less than a week remaining in the legislative session, Michigan senators overwhelmingly passed a bill yesterday to prohibit drugmaker [...]

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It’s Not Just Arkansas Anymore: West Virginia Becomes Second State to Start Enforcing Its Contract Pharmacy Access Law

The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy ended its self-imposed stay on alleged violations to the state's 340B contract pharmacy access law at its Dec. 8 meeting.
The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy is beginning to act on its growing backlog of alleged violations to the state’s [...]

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Michigan 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill Moves to Full Senate as Legislative Session Nears End

Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Hospital Association, praised Michigan lawmakers for putting “patients over pharmaceutical profits”.
A Michigan 340B contract pharmacy protection bill moved one step closer to passage yesterday after clearing a Senate committee with [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Updates in Arkansas, Missouri – Dec 24

Key briefs were filed this week in litigation over state contract pharmacy access laws in Arkansas and Missouri.
Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B Report [...]

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‘A Sense of Hope:’ Arkansas 340B Providers and Officials Welcome SCOTUS’ Move Declining to Take Up Challenge of State’s 340B Law

G. Allan Nichols, CEO of Mainline Health Systems, Inc. which operates health clinics in Southeast Arkansas, said the court’s decision gave his organization “a sense of hope.”
Arkansas officials and 340B providers celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday rejection of an influential drug industry trade group’s request [...]

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