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Navigating 340B Program Changes in 2025

Proxsys Rx

Maximizing pharmacys role in your hospitals revenue cycle The 340B landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with ongoing manufacturer restrictions, new compliance hurdles, and increasing financial pressures on covered entities. Recent estimates indicate that hospitals and clinics collectively lose around $3.2 Additionally, up to $8.4

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Follow the 340B Prescription Dollar: How PBMs Profit from 340B Contract Pharmacies (Video)

Drug Channels

I then document how five multi-billion-dollar, for-profit, publicly traded pharmacy chains and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Cigna (via Express Scripts), CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group (via OptumRx), and Walgreens, Walmart—continue to dominate the 340B contract pharmacy market. Click here if you can’t see the video below.

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NOW AVAILABLE: The 2022 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Drug Channels

drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. There are loads of internal hyperlinks to help you navigate the document and customize it to your specific interests and priorities. The 2022 Economic Report on U.S. The report has been thoroughly updated with the latest data and includes loads of new material and new sections.

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PBM-Owned Specialty Pharmacies Expand Their Role In—and Profits From—the 340B Program

Drug Channels

Last week, I documented that nearly half of U.S. pharmacies now participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Hospitals are the primary 340B covered entities that engage with these specialty pharmacies. Below, we update our exclusive analysis of the biggest specialty pharmacies within 340B.

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NHC Comments on Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Draft Guidance, Implementation of Sections 1191 – 1198 of the Social Security Act for Initial Price Applicability Year 2027 and Manufacturer Effectuation of the Maximum Fair Price (MFP) in 2026 and 2027

Putting Patients First Blog

General Comments The NHC appreciates CMS’ commitment to actively engaging with stakeholders, including patients, consumer advocates, and health experts, in implementing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP). This includes collecting data on utilization management practices, formulary changes, and patient experiences.

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Exforge antitrust settlement caps Novartis’ year of legal disputes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The alleged actions violated the Hatch-Waxman Act, formally known as the “Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984,” which allows generic manufacturers to market their generic versions of previously approved generic medications. Gilenya is an oral medication for multiple sclerosis.

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340B Outlook For 2024: Change. Change. And More Change.

Proxsys Rx

Between late 2019 and the end of 2023, ProxsysRx’s 340B Support program went from Zero to more than $500 million in savings generated for the hospitals and health systems we serve. Either way, I see even more confusion coming, where 340B manufacturer restrictions are concerned.” The Supreme Court voted unanimously to reverse 340B cuts.