MedCity News March 30, 2025
Clifford W. Knights

It’s critical that healthcare organizations delivering on the program’s promise not be torpedoed by the “bad actors”

The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to healthcare organizations that care for many uninsured and low-income patients, is facing intense scrutiny and calls for reform. The program’s intent has always been to stretch limited federal resources to reduce the price of outpatient pharmaceuticals and expand health services to our most vulnerable communities. In too many cases, that’s just not what’s happening, and in recent weeks, the media has been shining a spotlight on some of the most cynical deployment of these funds towards profits over patients.

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