Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Wants Hospitals to Report 340B Earnings and Manufacturers to Resume 340B Pricing

A Connecticut state health agency under Gov. Ned Lamont (D) proposed legislation to implement certain 340B provider reporting requirements.

Connecticut’s Democratic governor wants his state’s 340B hospitals to start filing annual reports disclosing their 340B drug revenues and summarizing how they use the money to benefit their communities. Health centers and other 340B grantee covered entities would be exempt

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Kansas Bill Targets 340B Contract Pharmacy Limits, Rhode Island Bill Targets PBM Policies

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A bill in Kansas would prohibit drug manufacturers from denying 340B covered entities access to a manufacturers’ products if the entities use contract pharmacies.

Kansas lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit drug manufacturers from denying 340B covered entities access to a manufacturers’ products if the entities use contract pharmacies.

The legislation, like bills recently rolled out in other states, is modeled on the

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Virginia House Subcommittee Defeats 340B Hospital Accountability Bill; Rev. Al Sharpton Says Program Direly Needs More Oversight

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Bon Secours Health System Vice President Rhodes Ritenour testified against proposed Virginia state legislation to require more accountability from 340B hospitals about how they use 340B program revenues. State House Del. Kathy Tran, the bill's sponsor, is seated behind him.

A Virginia House subcommittee last week voted 3-2 against a Democrat’s bill to require more accountability from 340B hospitals about how they use 340B program revenues.

In a reversal of their parties’ normal stances on 340B nationally, Democrats voted for

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Mississippi Reintroduces Bill to Ban Drug Makers’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Mississippi legislators have reintroduced legislation to stop drug companies from denying 340B covered entities access to the manufacturers’ products if the entity uses contract pharmacies.

Mississippi legislators have reintroduced legislation to stop drug manufactures from denying 340B covered entities access to the manufacturers’ products if the entity uses contract pharmacies.

Mississippi joins Missouri in making a second attempt to pass legislation modeled after the

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340B Report Publisher and CEO Slafsky: Three 340B Observations for 2023

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Expect the 340B program to be get signficant attention at the federal and state level this year, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky says.

In his inaugural column for Verity Solutions, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky offers insights “on what to expect in Washington, D.C., and the states in 2023 when it comes to the 340B program.”

Slafsky in the column makes

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New York Times 340B Hospital Exposé Leads to a Vote Later Today in a Virginia House Subcommittee

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Virginia Del. Kathy Tran (D) says her bill to to require more accountability from 340B hospitals was prompted by The New York Times' investigation of alleged 340B program misuse detrimental to a Richmond hospital in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

A Virginia House subcommittee is voting later today on a Democrat’s bill to require more accountability from 340B hospitals—a direct consequence of The New York Times’ exposé about alleged 340B program misuse involving a Richmond, Va., hospital.

The scheduled vote

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Missouri Lawmakers Try Again to Stop Drug Companies’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Missouri lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to prohibit drug manufactures from denying 340B covered entities access to manufacturers’ products if the covered entity uses contract pharmacies.

Missouri lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to prohibit drug manufactures from denying 340B covered entities access to manufacturers’ products if the covered entity uses contract pharmacies. The language is modeled on the first-of-its kind law passed in Arkansas in 2021.

Missouri

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New York State Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer, on Ice for Two Years, Is Back

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“It’s not hyperbole to say if this is put into place, we’re going to have to cut services and cut staffing," Mark Malahosky of Trillium Health says of New York State's plan to shift Medicaid managed care prescription drug benefits into Medicaid fee for service.

With a two-year implementation delay nearly over, New York State is poised to fold its Medicaid managed care prescription drug benefits into its Medicaid fee for service system on April 1. State 340B health care providers that serve high volumes

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Pennsylvania Rescinds Directive that Contract Pharmacies May Not Dispense 340B Drugs to Medicaid Beneficiaries

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Pennsylvania rescinded a new Medicaid policy document that said contract pharmacies could not dispense 340B-purchased drugs to Medicaid beneficiaries.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services yesterday rescinded Medicaid policy guidance dated Dec. 22 and effective Jan. 1 that forbade 340B covered entities’ contract pharmacies from dispensing 340B-purchased drugs to Medicaid beneficiaries.

The state primary care association warned that the

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Oregon Bill Targets PBM Policies that Discriminate Against 340B Pharmacies

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A bill in Oregon would prohibit discriminatory practices by PBMs and insurance plans against 340B pharmacies.

Oregon legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit discriminatory practices by pharmacy benefit managers and insurance plans against 340B pharmacies, including reimbursing a 340B pharmacy less for prescription drugs compared with non-340B pharmacies. 

If passed later this year, House

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