Senate Committee Rejects 340B Amendment to Bipartisan Health Bill

Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate HELP committee, opposed an amendment that would implement 340B hospital verification requirements.
A Senate committee rejected an effort to add new 340B hospital verification requirements as part of a sweeping healthcare funding [...]

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Providers Split on 340B Medicaid Provisions in Major House Healthcare Package

Joe Dunn, senior vice president of public policy and research at NACHC, said his organization supported the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act.
Provider groups diverged over 340B Medicaid managed care provisions in a sweeping healthcare package on which the House of Representatives [...]

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AHIP Objects to Hospital Efforts to Target Medicare Advantage 340B ‘Windfall’

Matthew Eyles
Matthew Eyles, president and CEO of AHIP, objected to hospital-sought rules that target the Medicaid Advantage 340B "windfall."
The largest health insurer advocacy organization urged federal regulators to reject hospital-sought rules to limit the ability of Medicare Advantage [...]

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Louisiana AG Defends State 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Against Drug Industry Lawsuit

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Four hospital associations filed an amicus brief in support of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's defense of his state's contract pharmacy law.
The Louisiana attorney general recently asked a federal district judge to dismiss a drug industry lawsuit that challenges Louisiana’s 340B [...]

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Lawmaker Sponsoring 340B Transparency Bill Honored by PhRMA-Provider Group

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Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Indiana) received the "Saving America’s 340B Program Leadership Award" award from ASAP 340B.
The congressional sponsor of legislation that would require hospitals and potentially other covered entities to publicly report their 340B revenue, [...]

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AHA Urges Dropping Bill Language to Exclude Generic Injectables from 340B

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The American Hospital Association opposed parts of draft legislation from the House E&C Committee concerning the 340B program.
The nation’s largest hospital advocacy organization urged legislators to drop a provision from draft legislation that would exclude generic injectables [...]

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Provider-PhRMA Coalition Adds Civil Rights Group

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ASAP 340B, a coalition of a drug industry trade group and a community health center organization, added a civil rights group to its membership.
An alliance led by a powerful drug industry trade group and community health center organization that is pushing for 340B [...]

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AHA Warns of “Legal Consequences” from Proposed Cuts to Fund 340B Lump Sum Payments

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The American Hospital Association opposed parts of draft legislation from the House E&C Committee concerning the 340B program.
The lead plaintiff in the legal battle that resulted in Medicare proposing an unusual lump sum payback for hospitals’ lost [...]

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Let For-Profit Hospitals Into 340B, Trade Association Tells Senators

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The Federation of American Hospitals has asked six U.S. senators to let for-profit hospitals join the 340B program.
Congress should let for-profit hospitals into the 340B drug pricing program as “a long overdue evolutionary step” that will advance [...]

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