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BREAKING: States Can Limit Providers’ Use of 340B Drugs for Medicaid Patients, CMS Says

BREAKING: States Can Limit Providers’ Use of 340B Drugs for Medicaid Patients, CMS Says

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released policy guidance yesterday outlining “best practices” states should consider for avoiding duplicate Medicaid rebates and 340B discounts on the same covered outpatient drugs.

Hospital group 340B Health said in a statement that while it strongly supports some of the options that CMS described, it is “extremely troubled by the inclusion of language that would allow states to limit the ability of some or all 340B hospitals and contract pharmacies to use 340B purchased drugs for Medicaid beneficiaries. Allowing such an opt-out would undermine the very purpose of 340B and potentially damage safety-net hospitals’ ability to care for patients with low incomes.”

BREAKING: States Can Limit Providers’ Use of 340B Drugs for Medicaid Patients, CMS Says The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released policy guidance yesterday outlining “best practices” states should consider for avoiding duplicate Medicaid rebates and 340B discounts on […]

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