The chair of the New York Senate health committee has introduced legislation to repeal the April 1 shift of state Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. The state’s 340B health centers and Ryan White clinics say they will be crippled financially if the transfer is not stopped.
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera’s (D) bill, S 3466, was referred to his committee. It has not yet been scheduled for a hearing or vote. Rivera sponsored the same bill last year and a companion bill was filed in the state Assembly. Rivera has said if the pharmacy shift occurs 340B providers “will lose hundreds of millions of dollars they now use for patient care.”
The chair of the New York Senate health committee has introduced legislation to repeal the April 1 shift of state Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. The state’s 340B health centers and Ryan White clinics say they will be crippled financially if the transfer is not stopped.
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