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Michigan Lawmakers, Witnesses Spar Over 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill in Key Hearing

June 11, 2024 Views

Ben Frederick, associate vice president of advocacy and government relations at Memorial Healthcare, testified in support of a 340B contract pharmacy access bill at a Michigan state house hearing.

Michigan state lawmakers and representatives for drugmakers, providers, and business groups debated a 340B contract pharmacy access bill during a [...]

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Key House Hearing Intensifies Debate on 340B’s Future Amid Multiple Major Reform Efforts

June 6, 2024 Views

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, speaks at a hearing on June 4, 2024.

A House oversight hearing this week added to the growing debate over the 340B program’s future as federal lawmakers continue [...]

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Today’s 340B Congressional Hearing Will Include Multiple 340B Critics, Leading Hospital and Health Center Advocates

June 4, 2024 Views

Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio, a free-market physician at UCSF who suggested last year that Congress could consider ending the 340B program, is one of four witnesses who will testify at a June 4 Congressional hearing on 340B.

A key House subcommittee oversight hearing today on the 340B program will include a witness who previously said Congress should [...]

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RWC-340B Slams ASAP 340B Bill as ‘Dangerous to Public Health’

May 31, 2024 Views

Shannon Burger, president of RWC-340B,, said the organization “strongly opposes" a new 340B overhaul bill.

A major national 340B provider advocacy group is condemning the newly introduced 340B ACCESS Act, arguing that the proposed overhaul [...]

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Appeals Court Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Decision Leaves Unanswered Questions, Ups Pressure for Legislative Action

May 23, 2024 Views

The D.C. Circuit decided that two drugmakers' current contract pharmacy restrictions were legal, but it left open the possibility that more onerous restrictions may not be.

A federal appeals court’s decision this week to uphold two drugmakers’ 340B contract pharmacy restrictions left unanswered questions about the [...]

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340B Hospitals Prescribe Part D Drugs to a Much Higher Share of Vulnerable Populations, Says Hospital-Backed Report

May 23, 2024 Views

A hospital-funded study found 340B hospitals prescribe a higher share of Medicare Part D drugs to a higher share of vulnerable patients.

Medicare Part D beneficiaries who received retail and specialty drugs from prescribers at 340B disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) were more [...]

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340B Sales Increased 17% to $124B in 2023, Drug Industry Consulting Firm Finds

May 16, 2024 Views

Analysts from IQVIA found that 340B wholesale acquisition cost sales increased by 17% from 2022 to 2023.

The 340B program continued to expand in 2023, exceeding $124 billion in wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) sales—up from $107 billion [...]

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340B Hospital Groups Ask MedPAC to Oppose Part B Rate Cut

May 9, 2024 Views

Jonathan Jaffery, chief health care officer for AAMC, said reduced Medicare reimbursement to 340B hospitals would “devastate an already fragile health care safety net.”

Groups representing hospitals that rely on the 340B program recently urged congressional advisers against recommending reduced Medicare reimbursement to 340B [...]

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340B Lobbying Continues Rapid Pace Including by Big Name Firms

April 23, 2024 Views

Merck and Marshfield Clinic Health System have joined the growing list of organizations in the 340B Working Table.

The 340B drug discount program—and congressional activity associated with it—remained a hot topic for lobbyists in the first three months [...]

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Drug Industry Vendor, Free-Market Legal Non-Profit Echo PhRMA’s Call for Appeals Court to Rehear Arkansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

April 23, 2024 Views

Two groups filed amicus briefs asking for a full appeals court panel to rehear a case on Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy access law.

A drug industry vendor and a conservative non-profit each urged a full federal appeals court to rehear a case on [...]

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