The Louisiana House voted 97-2 yesterday to pass and send to the Senate legislation to stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements. It also would prohibit pharmacy benefit manager and payor practices that lower reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs.
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Pennsylvania health centers are upset about what they say was the state Medicaid office’s disclosure without warning last week that, starting July 1, it wants drug claims billed to Medicaid managed care organizations to include a modifier showing if the
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The Iowa Senate last week passed a House-approved bill banning pharmacy benefit manager and payor discrimination against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, including reimbursing the entities at a lower rate than non-340B providers.
The Senate voted 49-1 on
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A Philadelphia-area hospital that closed last year after its sale fell through has filed a federal antitrust class action against healthcare conglomerate CVS over its 340B contract pharmacy policies.
The same shuttered hospital has been challenging in state court its
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With just weeks to go in its legislative session, Missouri lawmakers are making progress on two different 340B anti-discrimination bills. Last week, a key Senate committee approved SB 26, comprehensive legislation with two key priorities: prohibiting drug manufacturers from placing
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A California Senate health committee yesterday unanimously approved a bill to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from employing practices that 340B covered entities view as discriminatory. On Wednesday, California’s SB-786 was approved by the Senate Health Committee and now goes
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A hearing is set for Thursday in the Louisiana House on a bill to stop drug manufacturers from impeding 340B covered entities’ use of contract pharmacies.
State Rep. Chris Turner (R) introduced House Bill 548, the Defending Affordable Prescription
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The New York legislature on Monday passed a short-term state funding bill with $9 million in supplemental aid for Ryan White clinics that are losing 340B revenue due to the April 1 transfer of the state’s Medicaid managed care drug
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a law April 7 to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from discriminating against 340B providers. The bill includes language that prohibits payers from reimbursing 340B covered entities at a lower rate
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