May 6, 2013—The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has reversed a decision it made earlier this year to require 340B contract pharmacies to use 340B drugs for Medicaid patients beginning this July.
In a recent statement on its website, the department said it was putting the requirement on indefinite hold. “In the contract pharmacy scenario, the pharmacy can continue to use non-340B drugs for Medicaid patients,” it said.
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