Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is pushing for passage of a package of 13 “Less for Rx” bills to control prescription drug costs, including one to eliminate payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against certain 340B covered entities.
The
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Sixteen states have passed laws since 2019 addressing pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against 340B covered entities, according to a draft summary of state action on the subject circulating among community health center advocates.
Meanwhile, two longtime 340B program policy
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In the last two years, over one-third of all state lawmakers nationwide accepted at least one pharmaceutical industry campaign contribution, news organization STAT reports.
The industry wrote over 10,000 individual checks totaling more than $9 million to “at least 2,467
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Vermont’s legislature has voted to bar pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from requiring claims modifiers on 340B-purchased drugs, except for claims paid directly or indirectly by Medicaid.
PBMs also would be unable to restrict 340B contract pharmacies’ access to pharmacy networks
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Montana has passed a law barring pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from excluding 340B contract pharmacies from participating in their networks.
SB 395, known as the Montana Pharmacy Benefit Manager Oversight Act, was signed into law last week by
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Arkansas’s and Indiana’s governors have signed bills in recent days to prevent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B covered entities, and a similar bill is awaiting the Tennessee governor’s signature.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed his state’s
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Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca are the latest drug makers to disclose they have received a subpoena from the Vermont attorney general’s office related to their denials of 340B ceiling prices on drugs shipped to contract pharmacies.
The Arkansas legislature on Tuesday passed what is believed to be the first bill nationally to address pharmaceutical manufacturer denials of 340B pricing on drugs when they are dispensed by contract pharmacies.
The state Senate passed the bipartisan bill,
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