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340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance
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Part Two: The MFN Drug Pricing Rule and the Rebate Rule: Where Do We Go From Here?
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This Week in Washington: Senate Finance Committee releases discussion draft concerning generic drug shortages; FDA releases laboratory-developed tests final rule; Administration extends ACA subsidies for Deferred Action for...more
House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Cybersecurity. During the hearing, there was bipartisan concern about UnitedHealth Group’s response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack and consensus around the...more
This Week in Washington: CMS releases 2025 MA and Part D proposed payment Advance Notice; CMS sends first fair drug price offers to Drug Price Negotiation Program companies; SAMHSA releases final rule making virtual...more
This Week in Washington: House passes Lower Costs, More Transparency Act and SUPPORT Act Reauthorization; Senate HELP Committee reports SUPPORT Act Reauthorization and three other bills out of committee; ONC releases final...more
House Passes Healthcare Legislation. The House brought two key bipartisan healthcare bills to the floor this week. The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) was approved by a vote of 320–71, and the Support for...more
On September 5, 2023, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its report titled Medicare Part D: CMS Should Monitor Effects of Rebates on Plan Formularies and Beneficiary Spending.The report...more
This Week in Washington: Fallout from debt ceiling holds up House floor action; SCOTUS rules to allow patients to sue nursing homes...more
In conjunction with the surge in state legislative efforts to regulate the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, Congress and federal agencies have ramped up PBM oversight efforts as part of the ongoing battle to lower...more
This Week in Washington: President and Speaker McCarthy to meet on debt limit with 10 days to go, House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health marks up 17 bills, House Appropriations Committee begins moving appropriation...more
On April 25, 2023, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy introduced a package of legislation aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. The...more
This Week in Washington: House Republicans release debt ceiling plan, Speaker McCarthy moves forward with proposal that includes Medicaid work requirements...more
This Week in Washington: HHS Secretary appears before Senate Finance and Senate Appropriations Committees...more
This Week in Washington: CMS releases first list of Inflation Rebate Program drugs, initial guidance on Medicare Drug Negotiation Program...more
Congress - The House and Senate are in recess for Memorial Day. House - Rep. Underwood Leads 26 Democratic House Members in Letter Calling for Measures to Lower Healthcare Costs to be Included in Reconciliation...more
This Week in Washington: Continuing Resolution Moves Forward and Senate Sets Up Vote on FDA Commissioner Nomination this Week...more
This week in Washington: Senate passes infrastructure bill; Senate passes budget resolution with reconciliation instructions; Congress enters recess with House members to return Aug. 23....more
This week in Washington: President Biden Announces American Families Plan Vision in Speech to Joint Session of Congress....more
This week in Washington: Andrea Palm’s nomination for HHS Deputy Secretary Advances out of Senate Finance Committee, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination deadlocked....more
Congress - House - Representatives Propose a Permanent Extension of CHIP Funding - The House Energy and Commerce Committee is looking at ways to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expand Medicaid coverage. A...more
This week in Washington: Becerra confirmed 50-49 to be Secretary of Health and Human Services...more
This week in Washington: Congress passes funding bill for an additional week to come up with full-year spending legislation to avoid a government shutdown....more
This week in Washington: Negotiations for COVID-19 stimulus package are ongoing; House and Senate are in recess....more
This week in Washington: The House and Senate are out for a two-week working period until July 17th....more
This week in Washington: CMS develops additional code for coronavirus lab tests, announces actions to address spread of coronavirus; House passes bill to ban e-cigarette flavors; Grassley says updated Senate Finance drug...more
Upcoming Hearings/Markups - Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies: “Department of Health and Human Services...more