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Leveraging Cash Cards to Amplify Your Patient Impact

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With impending changes like the Senate’s bipartisan SUSTAIN 340B Act on the horizon, it’s becoming increasingly critical for covered entities to demonstrate tangible benefits and positive patient outcomes because of their participation in the 340B program. In the article below, Larry Crowder, Vice President of 340B at Cervey, explores an innovative strategy to ensure compliance and enhance the effectiveness of the 340B program – the cash card.

Understanding Cash Cards: Cash cards allow covered entities (CE) to provide financial assistance directly into the hand of those patients who need it most. These programs typically involve distributing a letter containing payor information – the BIN/PCN associated with a specific insurance or payment network to a patient who meets certain criteria which allows them to receive discounted or free prescriptions at a partnering retail pharmacy. Patients can use these “cards” to receive a lower co-pay and/or drug cost or,

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Influential House GOP Group Calls for Major Medicaid Cuts and 340B Revenue to ‘Go Where Intended’

The Republican Study Committee's proposed fiscal year 2025 budget includes calls for changes to the 340B program.
An influential conservative congressional caucus is urging Congress to significantly cut Medicaid spending and “ to ensure that drug discounts [...]

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Judge Dismisses Health System’s Penny Pricing Coordination Lawsuit Against Drugmakers

A federal district judge has dismissed Calif.-based Adventist West's lawsuit against four drug manufacturers.
A federal judge recently dismissed a large California health system’s whistleblower case against four pharmaceutical companies for alleged fraudulent 340B [...]

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Senate, House Appropriators Agree on Budget for Office of Pharmacy Affairs but Have Different Priorities

Senate and House appropriators have agreed on funding for HHS and the office within it that oversees 340B, but they appear to have different regulatory priorities.
While it appears that Senate and House appropriators have agreed on a funding level for the office that oversees the [...]

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Two More Drugmakers End 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas After Appeals Court Decision

EMD Serono lifted 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas in response to a state law. Shortly after, Sanofi also updated its policy in the state.
Drugmakers EMD Serono and Sanofi will lift 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas after a federal appeals court upheld a [...]

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Key Considerations for the SUSTAIN 340B Act

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On February 2, six senators known as the “Gang of Six” – John Thune, Debbie Stabenow, Shelley Moore Capito, Tammy Baldwin, Jerry Moran and Ben Cardin – unveiled a discussion draft bill intended to preserve the 340B program and codify in statute many of its operational provisions. The draft bill, titled Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B Act (SUSTAIN 340B Act or SUSTAIN Act), was accompanied by an explanatory statement and request for information (RFI), with many questions for Covered Entities (CEs) to review and provide further responses to the Gang of Six.

Stakeholders were asked to review the RFI and provide additional responses, with comments due by April 1. As we approach the deadline for comments, it’s crucial to delve into the most critical elements of the bill and discuss next steps for 340B stakeholders.

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Connecticut, Minnesota Join 20 Other States with 340B Contract Pharmacy Bills Introduced This Session

Connecticut is the latest state to have a 340B contract pharmacy bill introduced this legislative session.
A Connecticut state senate committee this week amended a bill to add provisions barring drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in [...]

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Hawaii Lawmakers Urge State Health Department to Protect 340B

Hawaii legislators in the house and senate introduced resolutions that urged the state health department to act to protect the 340B program.
Influential Hawaiian state legislators have introduced resolutions that call on the state health department to “ensure continued access to affordable [...]

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California Ballot Initiative Targets Big 340B Provider Serving HIV Population

Tom Myers, general counsel for AHF, said a California ballot measure is intended as retaliation against the HIV/AIDS group.
A California ballot initiative aims to codify the California governor’s 2019 shift of the Medicaid program’s prescription drug benefit from [...]

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