New OPA Database Is Open
The new 340B database system, called the 340B OPA Information System (OPAIS), is now available at https://340bopais.hrsa.gov/. 340B OPAIS includes a new registration system for covered entities. Information about the…
OIG Report on Track-and-Trace Law and 340B
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report on drug supply chain security with implications for 340B contract pharmacies, which have…
AIR340B Issues Statement Applauding E&C Probe
The Alliance for Integrity and Reform of 340B (AIR340B), a national advocacy group funded largely by the pharmaceutical industry, issued a statement applauding the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman…
E&C Committee Sends Letters to Covered Entities
Last Friday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) sent letters to twenty covered entities, including Ryan White clinics…
Mylan to Refund Covered Entities for EpiPen Overcharges
Mylan will refund 340B covered entities a total of $19.3 million for overcharges on the EpiPen as part of its recent settlement agreement with the Department of Justice resolving claims…
340B Database Will Be Temporarily Unavailable
The OPA 340B database will be unavailable from August 15, 2017 through mid-September 2017 as HRSA transitions to a new database system. During this time, covered entities will not be…
Recent GAO Report on 340B Program Oversight
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) submitted a report on 340B program oversight as part of its testimony during the House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on…
AIR340B Senate Briefing Documents
Here is a copy of the materials that the Alliance for Integrity and Reform of 340B (AIR-340B) shared with attendees at its Hill briefing on July 17, 2017. AIR-340B continues…
RWC-340B at Annual 340B Conference
Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access was a proud sponsor of the Annual 340B Coalition Summer Conference held in Washington, DC, July 10 through 12. The conference celebrated 25 years…
CMS Proposes Lower Reimbursement for Medicare Part B 340B Drugs
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, released a proposal to reduce Medicare reimbursement for separately payable 340B drugs administered in hospitals from ASP +…