CMS proposes deeper 340B drug payment cuts for hospitals, reshaping outpatient cancer economics, consolidation incentives, and patient cost-sharing. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...
CMS proposes paying 340B-acquired drugs at ASP minus 33.4% starting CY 2027, replacing ASP plus 6%, based on survey findings that acquisition costs are well below ASP. Projected 2027 impact includes ...
Congress established the Drug Discount Program to help providers stretch scarce resources and expand care for low-income and uninsured patients.
Jean Jethro Alexandre may have done a tremendous service for taxpayers and low-income Americans without health insurance. Alexandre defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance companies ...
Washington just got an important lesson in the uncharitable nature of what were once called charity hospitals. When House ...
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Illinois lawmakers passed a bill to protect hospitals' access to discounted drugs through the federal 340B program. A second bill was passed requiring an audit to see how hospitals and clinics use ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could help lower drug prices by regulating 340B contracts. The 340B drug pricing program was created in 1992 to improve access to ...
At a time when healthcare executives are being asked to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, the 340B Drug Pricing Program is a much-appreciated lifeline. Despite the program being ...
Long Island, and all of New York state, is facing an existential healthcare crisis for the very people who can least afford rising costs and need the attentive care. Big Pharma and pharmacy middlemen ...
Three hospitals have sued CVS Health alleging the company redirected $250 million in savings from the 340B program. Mount Sinai Hospital, including St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Mount Sinai Beth ...
NEW YORK, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CancerCare®, in partnership with Pioneer Institute, released findings from their study showing 340B hospitals, on average, provide less direct financial ...