Category: Trade Association

Express Scripts Defends 340B Claims ID Requirement

In Other Industry, Trade AssociationApril 8, 2021

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts (ESI) told a hospital group and an HIV/AIDS clinic in recent days that it has “already granted numerous pharmacies extensions” to its controversial new 340B claims identification requirement that went into effect March 1. …

Panel Lauds Women’s Role in Creating and Leading 340B

In Trade AssociationApril 6, 2021

Ron Shinkman

Women have played a key role in the 340B program since its inception nearly 30 years ago. Their historic and ongoing involvement was observed and celebrated in “Notable Women of 340B,” a webinar broadcast by Community Voices for 340B (CV-340B) …

340B Groups Ask Express Scripts to Drop Claims Submission and ID Requirement

In Other Industry, Trade AssociationApril 6, 2021

Tom Mirga

Groups representing 340B health care providers have asked pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (ESI) to stop making 340B providers and their contract pharmacies retrospectively submit and flag 340B claims in a way that has never been done before, and that …

Survey: Pharma’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Actions are Putting the Squeeze on Hospitals

In Research/Reports, Trade AssociationMarch 23, 2021

Ron Shinkman

340B hospitals are under significant pressure due to drug manufacturers ending 340B discounts on drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies, hospital advocacy group 340B Health says in its latest annual member survey.

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Health Care Reporter Foresees Federal Action on Drug Pricing, But Not Immediately

In Federal, Legislative, Trade AssociationFebruary 25, 2021

Tom Mirga

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s new Democratic chair is considering bringing back a bipartisan bill from the last session of Congress that would require drug manufacturers to pay the federal government rebates on Medicare Part B and Part D drugs …

Biden Will Turn to Drug Pricing Once COVID-19 Ebbs, Shalala Predicts

In Federal, Trade AssociationFebruary 19, 2021

Tom Mirga

President Biden will likely turn to lowering drug prices once the COVID-19 pandemic stops demanding so much of his attention, Donna Shalala, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary during both of President Clinton’s terms in office, predicted in a …

AHA Asks CMS to Withdraw Trump’s Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Rule

In Federal, Regulatory, Trade AssociationJanuary 28, 2021

Tom Mirga

The American Hospital Association (AHA) asked the Biden administration this week to immediately withdraw the Trump administration’s “most favored nation” (MFN) drug pricing interim final rule, in part, because of the damage it will do to 340B hospitals and “critical …

340B Stakeholders Reconsider Campaign Contributions in Wake of Capitol Riot

In Federal, Pharma Industry, Trade AssociationJanuary 19, 2021

Tom Mirga

National health care organizations and businesses with major stakes in the 340B program have suspended political contributions following a pro-Trump mob’s Jan. 6 violent attack on Congress to stop it from counting and certifying the Electoral College’s votes for president. …

HRSA Releases 340B Insulin Final Rule Over Health Centers’ Strong Objections

In Federal, Regulatory, Trade AssociationDecember 22, 2020

Tom Mirga

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) this morning released a final rule to implement the Trump administration’s controversial executive order requiring community health centers to pass their 340B program savings on insulin and epinephrine autoinjectors to low-income, uninsured, …

Providers Are Pleased, PhRMA Isn’t, With Becerra and State AGs’ 340B Letter to Azar

In Federal, Other Industry, Pharma Industry, Regulatory, State, Trade Association, UncategorizedDecember 15, 2020

Tom Mirga

Health care providers are applauding a bipartisan group of 29 state attorneys general (including the District of Columbia’s) for their letter yesterday to HHS Secretary Alex Azar urging him “to address drug manufacturers’ unlawful refusal to provide critical drug discounts …