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The 340B windfall that misses patients

Congress created the 340B drug discount program in 1992 with a simple premise: allow hospitals and federal grantees serving a ...
Despite dramatic expansion over the past 34 years, many rural and underserved hospitals continue to face significant ...
(The Center Square) – Hospitals and clinics in Michigan participating in a federal drug discount program are marking up medications and shifting costs onto public employee health plans, according to a ...
The program was meant to help hospitals provide for poor patients by offering drug savings. But critics say a Texas company has turned it into a big business, driving up costs for patients and ...
A new report paints a stark picture of how a subset of large healthcare providers is drawing the lion’s share of 340B savings within a single state. The controversial drug discount program has been ...
Research shows hospitals are increasing investments and contract labor amid a legislative push to expand program protection.
In a bipartisan spending agreement that was largely negotiated behind closed doors, Congress included a policy change with major implications for Medicare payment parity and the potential to set the ...
On February 17, 2026, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking input on the potential implementation of a ...
On March 17, 2026, the Ninth Circuit issued a unanimous decision in United States ex rel. Adventist Health Sys. of W. v. AbbVie Inc. allowing a large health system to pursue a False Claims Act (FCA) ...
Michigan's 340B Drug Pricing Program, meant to help vulnerable patients, is being misused by hospitals, impacting care access ...