Senate Finance Committee Approves Major Drug Pricing Bill
On Thursday, July 25, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve a wide-ranging drug pricing bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019. The bill seeks to…
Study Finds that Peer-to-Peer Connections Help Individuals with Unsuppressed HIV Get the Care Necessary to Achieve Viral-suppression
A study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Mental Health (both within the National Institutes of Health) found that peer-to-peer engagement helped…
Court Issues Final Order in 340B Reimbursement Lawsuit – HHS Appeals
On July 10, 2019, Judge Rudolph Contreras issued a memorandum opinion explaining his decision to issue a final order in the lawsuit challenging the nearly 30% reimbursement cut for Medicare…
District Court Strikes Down Final Rule Requiring Manufacturers to Advertise List Prices
On July 8, 2019, a federal judge in the U.S. District for the District of Columbia struck down the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) final rule that…
White House Withdraws Proposed Medicare & Medicaid Rebate Rule Change
In a significant reversal of course, on Thursday, July 11, the White House announced that it was withdrawing a proposed rule by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…
Medicare Program Loses Out On Over $70 Million in Part D Rebates
On July 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report which found that the Medicare program lost out on over…
RWC-340B Submits Comment Letter to HRSA Contesting Registration Policy for RWCs and STD Clinics
On July 8, 2019, RWC-340B submitted a comment letter in response to the HRSA Information Collection Request (ICR) published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2019. In the ICR,…
HRSA to Collect Information on Manufacturer Audit Process
On June 18, 2019, HRSA issued an information collection request (ICR) regarding the guidelines for manufacturer audits of 340B covered entities and the OPA informal dispute resolution process to resolve…
HRSA Multisite Registration Policy for Non-FQHC Grantees
On June 14, 2019, RWC-340B submitted a letter to Captain Krista Pedley, director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs, contesting HRSA’s multisite registration policy that will adversely affect the registration,…
Senate HELP Committee Releases Draft Legislation to Reduce Health Care Costs
On Thursday, May 23, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the chair and ranking Democrat of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee released bipartisan discussion draft…