Virginia Legislature Passes 340B Bill, One of at Least 14 States With 340B Legislation This Year

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The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate both overwhelmingly passed a bill to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state.

The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation to stop insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B grantee covered entities and their contract pharmacies. Hospitals would be excluded from protection.

Virginia health centers say Gov. Glenn Youngkin

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CMS Asks Judge to Dismiss 340B Health Centers’ Claims in Suit Over Medicaid Drug Benefits Transfer

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CMS told a judge last week it "has no authority to second-guess California’s decision" to transfer Medicaid managed care drug benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asked a federal district judge in Sacramento last week to dismiss California health centers’ claims for relief over CMS’s approval of the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drug benefits to

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Non-Hospital 340B Entities Form Group to Fight on Their Own Behalf at National and State Levels

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The new non-hospital 340B covered entity group 340B Grantees says its work will include outreach, education, lobbying, and litigation.

Non-hospital 340B covered entities have formed a group called 340B Grantees to fight on their own behalf on legislation, in courts, and perhaps in politics at the federal and state levels.

340B Grantees hasn’t formally announced itself yet and is

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Michigan Governor Signs Three Bills Addressing PBM and Insurer Discrimination Against 340B Entities and Contract Pharmacies

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed three bills today that prohibit PBMs and insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and contract pharmacies.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed three bills today that prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.

HB 4348 says PBMs and insurers shall not prohibit entities or

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California Asks Judge to Dismiss 340B Health Centers’ Suit Challenging Medicaid Drug Payment Change

California says its consolidation of Medicaid prescription drug services under Medicaid fee for service (Medi-Cal Rx) does not deprive 340B health centers of revenue to which they are entitled.

California’s consolidation on Jan. 1 of all its Medicaid (Medi-Cal) prescription drug services under Medi-Cal fee for service does not violate federal law and does not deprive the state’s 340B health centers “of any reimbursement or revenue to which they

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340B “Anti-Pickpocketing” Bills Filed in Five States

The Florida Senate and four other state legislative chambers are considering bills 340B "anti-pickpocketing" legislation.

Bills have been filed in at least five state legislatures to protect 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies from discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Sixteen states have enacted one or more such laws since 2019, according to

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Judge Denies Calif. 340B Health Centers’ Motion to Halt State Medicaid Drug Payment Change

California health centers say they will continue to fight against the transfer of state Medicaid managed care drug coverage to Medicaid fee for service, despite being denied a temporary restraining order against the change.

A federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., late yesterday declined to stop California Medicaid’s transfer of managed care drug coverage to Medicaid fee for service that took effect on Jan. 1. Health centers enrolled in the 340B drug pricing program pledged

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California Asks Judge to Reject 340B Community Health Centers’ Request to Stop Medicaid Drug Payment Change

California's state health department asked a judge yesterday to reject 340B community health centers' request to halt a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change that began on Jan. 1.

Federally qualified health clinics in California have no right to sue to stop a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change that began on Jan. 1., the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) argued in a legal brief filed Wednesday.

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Three Big Predictions for the 340B Program in 2022

340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky makes three big predictions for the 340B program for 2022 in his latest monthly column for Omnicell’s blog.

In his monthly column for Omnicell’s blog, 340B Report Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Ted Slafsky makes three big predictions for the 340B program for 2022. They focus on:

  • the U.S. Supreme Court case on Medicare reimbursement to 340B
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News Alert: Calif. 340B Health Centers Ask Judge to Stop Tomorrow’s “Devastating” State Medicaid Drug Payment Changes

California health centers asked U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez yesterday to stop a state Medicaid drug reimbursement change due to begin tomorrow that they say would strip away all their 340B drug discount savings.

California health centers asked a federal district judge yesterday to stop a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change due to begin tomorrow. They say the change would strip away all their 340B drug discount savings, devastating safety-net health care

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