Let’s talk about 340B, the drug pricing problem that you may not have heard of, but the one that seems to have swallowed the federal budget. The program started as an attempt to help hospitals that ...

Three expert witnesses at a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing outlined weaknesses and misaligned incentives driving growth in the 340B drug pricing program. The 340B Drug Pricing Program has grown ...

Too many hospitals take advantage of 340B, intended to make medications affordable for low-income patients. A New York proposal would make things worse. Credit: Getty Images. Millions of New Yorkers ...

Hospital groups warn the 340B rebate pilot would force safety net providers to front tens of millions of dollars for drugs and drain resources from vulnerable patients. The American Hospital ...

I am a proud health care professional here in Delaware, and I am calling on leaders in Washington, D.C. to support the 340B ACCESS Act. This legislation is urgently needed to restore accountability to ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

Since 1992, the 340B drug discount program has entitled certain federal grantee clinics and hospitals (called “covered entities”) to purchase outpatient drugs at substantial discounts. The discounted ...

What happens when the nearest major city is at least four hours away, but your child or aging parent needs access to immediate care? For tens of thousands of families across Colorado’s Western Slope, ...

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 ...

Every Illinoisan deserves access to affordable quality health care close to home, including medication. That’s why I fully support legislation in Springfield that protects the federal 340B drug ...

As the chairman of Kansas Hospital Association board of directors and CEO of Rice Community Health, a rural Critical Access Hospital, I want to emphasize how vital the 340B Program is for Kansas ...