The 340B drug discount program incentivizes hospitals to purchase outpatient clinics and prescribe more and higher-cost drugs — behaviors that tend to increase costs for the federal government and ...
WATKINSVILLE, GA / ACCESS Newswire / October 28, 2025 / Rural hospitals in the 340B program are about to feel a new financial pressure. On January 1, 2026, HRSA's 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program will ...
This story was originally published on PharmaVoice. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily PharmaVoice newsletter. The 340B Drug Pricing Program has long been a contentious ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with ...
More than three decades ago, Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net hospitals and clinics expand resources and care for underserved communities. By requiring pharmaceutical companies to ...
On July 31, 2025, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) issued a 340B Drug Pricing Program notice (the “Notice”) announcing the launch of a ...
The Trump administration is pushing significant changes to the healthcare status quo that it says will save money, improve oversight and make the $4.9 trillion sector more efficient. Many of the HHS’ ...
This contributor column discusses a recent study that shows the 340B Program’s explosive growth is overwhelmingly due to utilization increases, not price. Payers have struggled with the increasing ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created in 1992 and allows hospitals and clinics that treat a large population of low-income and uninsured patients to buy outpatient prescription drugs at a discount ...
Drugmakers have to continue paying hospitals upfront discounts for drugs in the 340B program — at least in the near term — after a federal court ruled late last week against major manufacturers that ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hercules Pharmaceuticals (Hercules), a national leader in pharmaceutical distribution, today announced that it has been approved as an authorized distributor in the 340B ...