Chief Healthcare Executive November 3, 2023
The government plans to offer lump-sum payments in a dispute that reached the Supreme Court. But health systems aren’t happy about future cuts.
From the perspective of hospitals, it’s about time for some relief.
The Department of Health and Human Services says hospitals will soon receive long-awaited payments following a bitter dispute related to the federal government’s 340B drug discount program. Hospitals are going to receive lump-sum payments for the program in the near future, possibly by early next year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a division of HHS, said Thursday that it plans to pay out $9 billion to 1,700 affected hospitals. The 340B program offers discounts on some outpatient drugs for hospitals that serve a high...
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