Lawmakers impatient with the lack of progress on a key health care issue — the long-debated need for changes to what’s known as the 340B drug pricing program — say they are closing in on legislation ...

For more than 30 years, thanks to bipartisan congressional support, the 340B program has helped eligible hospitals stretch limited federal resources to reduce the price of outpatient pharmaceuticals ...

Inside Providence plan 340B rebate disruption details the system’s financial and operational readiness for the new federal rebate pilot program.

A somewhat obscure federal program designed to reduce drug prices for health providers is getting scrutiny from lawmakers this year, with many questioning whether those savings are being used ...

Most government support programs provide benefits directly to people, whether it is SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), or housing ...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing last month examining the 340B drug discount ...

Oregon Health & Science University leaders say a federal drug discount pilot set to begin next year could create a ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration posted on its website that it had approved eight drug company plans for participation in the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program with a start date of Jan.

A program that started in the early nineties meant to help low-income patients, is at the forefront. But some worry that instead of offering help, it may be benefitting the pockets of executives at ...

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 ...

The 340B drug pricing program is complicated. A clinic leader and a hospital said that’s making it easy for there to be misunderstandings about if the savings are being passed onto the patient.

This program’s importance is something the senator understands well from his visits to nearly every single hospital in the state. Topeka Capital-Journal file photo The purpose of the U.S. Senate’s ...