Becker's Healthcare November 20, 2024
Many hospitals across the nation rely on the 340B program to stay afloat amid challenging financial times. But that could change significantly in the next few years.
Legislators have their eye on 340B and pharmaceutical companies are trying to make changes. Earlier this year, the bill H.R. 8574, the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives, which would narrow the beneficiaries of the 340B program. One provision could remove 75% of urban 340B disproportionate share hospitals from the program and another would require rural hospitals to have 60% of annual inpatient discharges be from those living outside of metropolitan statistical areas, according to an American Hospital Association analysis.
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