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340B: 266 House Legislators Want Fines for Drug Companies Two hundred sixty-six members of the House of Representatives have told the Department of Health and Human Services that HHS should fine drug companies that deny 340B discounts to hospitals for drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies and to make drug companies pay hospitals back for discounts that were withheld. The letter says it’s the long-held position of the Health Resources and Services Administration that drug companies must provide 340B discounts to hospitals and clinics that qualify, regardless of whether hospitals dispense th...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In this legal update, our employee benefits attorneys cover four recent health and welfare plan developments. Outbreak Period to Be Applied on a One-Year Rolling Basis Last spring, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Joint Notice providing that certain employee benefit plan deadlines were being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our prior alert here. Deadlines delayed during the Outbreak Period (Outbreak Period Deadlines) are: HIPAA special enrollment deadlines Birth/adoption/pla...