The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday asked U.S. House and Senate party leaders to ensure that a must-pass spending bill next month protects hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the
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Three drug manufacturers—including two that have imposed conditions on 340B contract pharmacy—posted public notices this week to 340B covered entities about refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Novo Nordisk’s notices came to light yesterday
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U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week that new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms.”
“The average net price for brand-name
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Groups that represent 340B hospitals yesterday slammed the multi-point 340B contract pharmacy policy that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) released last Friday.
Representatives of grantee covered entities, which BMS exempted from its contract pharmacy restrictions involving most of its products, overwhelmingly
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Leonard Stark, the federal judge who presided over AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit from its start last year, is on the verge of being elevated to a higher court, possibly by the end of this week. If that happens before
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A federal district judge on Friday held “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli liable for antitrust claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven states.
U.S. Senior District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York imposed a
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340B program flexibilities will continue under the eighth 90-day extension of the COVID-19 national public health emergency (PHE) late last week.
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra renewed the PHE on Friday, Jan. 14.
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Establishing a referral prescription capture program enables covered entities to broaden the reach of their 340B Drug Discount Program. Referral prescription capture can occur when patients of the covered entity utilize external specialists who are outside of the health system’s physician network.
Monitoring these opportunities not only increases the prescription volume that qualifies as 340B eligible, but the associated financial savings can help covered entities achieve the 340B mission to “stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services.”
According to HRSA guidelines, a covered entity may refer a patient to a non-qualified 340B facility while maintaining responsibility for the patient’s care. This can occur if the patient receives care from a healthcare professional who is either employed by the covered entity or provides care under contractual or other arrangements (e.g., referral for consultation) such that the responsibility for the
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Just over 850 hospitals in the 340B program asked the federal government yesterday to appeal a judge’s Nov. 5 ruling that halted enforcement actions against two drug companies that deny 340B pricing when hospitals and others use contract pharmacies. They
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