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Hospitals fire back at GAO study faulting 340B program
http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hospitals-fire-back-at-gao-study-faulting-340b-program/402011/
Hospitals and the HHS are questioning GAO findings that hospitals serving high numbers of low- income patients abuse a federal drug discount via the 340B Drug Pricing Program by overprescribing medications.
340B drug pricing debate pits hospitals against doctors against big pharma
Depending on how much the program is reformed, it could mean the difference of hundreds of millions of dollars for the thousands of hospitals who get a drug discount.
Name change: From Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access to 340B Health
About 340B Health
340B Health is a membership organization of more than 1,000 public and private nonprofit hospitals and health systems throughout the U.S. that participate in the Public Health Service 340B drug pricing program. Formerly Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access, 340B Health was formed in 1993 to increase the affordability and accessibility of pharmaceutical and clinical care for the nation’s poor and underserved populations.
HENRY KOTULA 