From its inception the 340B program has been the subject of disputes between drug manufacturers and their safety-net hospital customers. On August 12 HHS proposed an administrative process for resolving those disputes. Established in 1992, the 340B program requires manufacturers to enter into pharmaceutical …
Hospitals Rally to Defend 340B
May 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
A consortium of hospitals from across the country has delivered a letter to Congressional leaders, urging them to preserve the federal 340B program in its present form. Neither the content nor the timing of the letter was surprising. It was dated May 20—the day before the House Energy & Commerce …