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Exclusive: HRSA Asking Hospitals About 340B Patient Definition, 340B Savings, and Using 340B at Child Sites

In Federal, RegulatoryMarch 2, 20231039 Views

HRSA has sent multiple hospitals letters asking about patient eligibility for 340B drugs, use of 340B savings, and 340B compliance in offsite outpatient locations.

UPDATED Thursday March 2, 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT to include comment from HRSA.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has asked multiple hospitals to explain how they determine patient eligibility for 340B drugs, how they define, track,

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Verity Presents: 340B Outlook from Capitol Hill and the States

In Sponsored ContentMarch 2, 2023801 Views

Feds Considering Asking Full Appeals Court to Rehear Case Over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Policies

In Federal, JudicialMarch 2, 2023547 Views

Tom Mirga

HHS might ask the full U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a a lawsuit over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B contract pharmacy policies.

The federal government may ask all 14 judges on the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s unanimous January opinion upholding AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s restrictions on 340B pricing when their drugs are

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Senate Democratic Whip Durbin: 340B Hasn’t Cut Pharma Profits Dramatically

In Federal, LegislativeFebruary 28, 2023700 Views

Tom Mirga

340B "hasn’t really cut the profits of the pharmaceutical companies dramatically,” U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said during a visit to a Chicago community health center.

The 340B program “is a really successful program and it hasn’t really cut the profits of the pharmaceutical companies dramatically,” U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Friday during a visit to a Chicago-based community health center.

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Arkansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Law “Trespassed on Exclusively Federal Turf,” PhRMA Tells Appeals Court

In Federal, JudicialFebruary 28, 2023510 Views

Laura Gilcrest

Arkansas's 340B contract pharmacy law "impermissibly trespassed on exclusively federal turf,” PhRMA told a federal appeals court in St. Louis.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America asked a U.S. appeals court in St. Louis, Mo. last week to strike down Arkansas’s first-of-its-kind 340B contract pharmacy law, arguing that it intrudes on the 340B statute and frustrates Congress’ intent

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340B Compliance Issues Requiring Repayment to Manufacturers

In Sponsored ContentFebruary 28, 2023663 Views

Judge Pauses PhRMA’s 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution Lawsuit

In Federal, JudicialFebruary 28, 2023555 Views

Tom Mirga

A federal district judge in Baltimore has paused PhRMA's lawsuit challenging the current 340B program administrative dispute resolution process.

A federal district judge in Baltimore, Md., yesterday stayed the brand drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the December 2020 340B program administrative dispute resolution final rule.

Lawyers for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and U.S. Health and Human

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340B Report Publisher and CEO: Is Hospital Transparency the Key to a Grand Bargain on 340B?

In Federal, LegislativeFebruary 28, 2023163 Views

Tom Mirga

Could hospitals' acceptance of 340B reporting requirements help end the fight over limits on 340B contract pharmacy and encroachment on providers’ 340B savings, 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky asks.

Could ending the fights over limits on 340B contract pharmacy and encroachment on providers’ 340B savings hinge on hospitals accepting 340B reporting requirements? 340B Report Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky raises that provocative question in his monthly column

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One-Third of Americans Lack a Source of Primary Care and Health Centers Can Close the Gap, Says Report

In Providers, Research/ReportsFebruary 28, 2023130 Views

Tom Mirga

Almost one-third of Americans lack access to a usual source of primary care, the National Association of Community Health Centers says in a new report.

More than 100 million Americans—almost one-third of the population, and many of them children—lack access to a usual source of primary care due to a shortage of providers in their community, leading to delays in care, poorer health

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Key Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Protect NY Health Centers and Clinics from “Hundreds of Millions” in Lost 340B Savings

In Legislative, StateFebruary 24, 2023629 Views

Tom Mirga

A bill has been introduced in New York State to repeal the April 1 shift of state Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

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

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