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340B Lobbying Reaches Record Levels in 2023

February 6, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Jackson Hammond of the American Action Forum said financial pressure was a driver of PhRMA's increased lobbying efforts.

Lobbying on 340B issues reached a record level in 2023, according to annual tallies of congressional lobbying disclosures. That flurry [...]

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Potential Senate Flip May Increase 340B Scrutiny, But Congressional 340B Action Unlikely in 2024, Say 340B Advocate, Drug Industry Analyst

February 1, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Michael McCaughan, co-founder of Provision Policy, spoke about drug pricing policy at the 340B Coalition Winter Conference.

Congress is unlikely to act on 340B in 2024, but a potential flip of the U.S. Senate could lead to [...]

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AIDS Group Holds Protest Against NACHC-PhRMA Partnership

February 1, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation staged a protest over ASAP 340B, an alliance between community health centers and the drug industry, at the 340B Coalition Winter Conference.

As many attendees gathered for lunch outside at the 340B Coalition Winter Conference in San Diego on Tuesday, the AIDS [...]

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340B Hospital Critics Ramp Up Efforts on Capitol Hill and in Media

February 1, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

ASAP 340B is one of multiple critics of hospital participation in 340B to recently increase lobbying and media efforts, including an online advertising campaign pictured above.

Critics of hospital participation in the 340B discount drug program are ramping up efforts, as a bipartisan group of senators [...]

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Genesis CEO Praises Court Decision, Blasts HRSA, NACHC, State Primary Care Association

January 25, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Tony Megna, CEO and general counsel of Genesis Healthcare, shared his first public comments with 340B Report on a key 340B court decision.

In his first public comments since a key federal court decision on the 340B patient definition, the leader of a [...]

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AHA Warns of ‘Adverse Impact’ from Lack of 340B Provisions in New MA Rule

January 11, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

AHA's Ashley Thompson wrote that a proposed Medicare Advantage payment rule could have “double the adverse impact” on 340B hospitals.

The nation’s leading hospital group warned the decision by federal regulators not to address 340B policy in a new proposed [...]

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340B Reforms Urged by Centrist Democrat Group with Drugmaker Ties

November 17, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Darbin Wofford, a health policy advisor at Third Way, said his organization is urging Congressional Democrats to adopt 340B program reforms.

A center-left group that has received pharmaceutical industry funding is urging a series of 340B reforms that it hopes to [...]

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Hospitals to Meet with White House, HHS About 340B Dispute Resolution Process

November 15, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

The White House plans to release a revised administrative dispute resolution process for the 340B program this month.

Hospital groups will meet with federal executive branch officials to discuss coming changes to the 340B program’s administrative dispute resolution [...]

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Louisiana Provider Group to Intervene in Second 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit

November 15, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A federal district judge allowed the Louisiana Primary Care Association's to intervene in a second drug industry lawsuit challenging Louisiana's 340B contract pharmacy law.

A Louisiana provider group was allowed to support the state attorney general’s legal defense of Louisiana’s 340B contract pharmacy law [...]

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Hospitals Continue Lobbying Push to Extend Pandemic-Era 340B Eligibility Waiver

November 15, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Heywood Hospital joined a coalition of 340B hospitals and providers groups that has asked Congress to extend a 340B eligibility exemption waiver.

A growing coalition of 340B hospitals has asked lawmakers to extend 340B program eligibility exemptions first authorized during the COVID-19 [...]

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