MedPAC Analysis Estimates Medicare Part B Payments to 340B Hospitals are Significantly Higher than Ceiling Prices

A MedPAC analysis found that Medicare paid 340B hospitals significantly more than the ceiling price for dozens of medications in 2022.
Medicare paid hospitals substantially more—almost $4 billion in aggregate—than the 340B ceiling price costs for dozens of single-source drugs, biologics [...]

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Survey Finds FQHC Prescribers May Need More Education on 340B Program

A survey published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy found some FQHC prescribers need more information on the 340B program.
Prescribers who work in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) believe the 340B program helps their organizations and patients—even if they [...]

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Manufacturer Refunds to 340B Providers Have Steadily Increased Since 2019, Says Analysis

An analysis from the law firm Spencer Fane found that 340B refunds have been concentrated among certain manufacturers and drugs.
A recent analysis of the increasing annual total number of drug manufacturer refunds to 340B covered entities notes they are [...]

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Contract Pharmacies Have Proliferated, Conservative Group Says, Citing Data from Pharma-Funded Think Tank

A Paragon Health Institute analysis found the share of 340B contract pharmacies per covered entity has increased in recent years.
Active 340B contract pharmacies reached 17,250 in 2024, according to a conservative think tank using data collected by another group funded by [...]

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Estimated 340B Revenue Exceeded Charity Care Spending for 85% of DSH Hospitals, Says Pharma-backed Group

340B revenue exceeds charity care spending for most DSH hospitals, said a report from drug industry-backed AIR340B.
Eighty-five percent of DSH hospitals earned more in estimated 340B revenue in 2022 than they incurred in charity care costs, [...]

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Gaps in Hospital Financial Data Limit 340B Transparency, Analysis Says

A KFF issue brief examined gaps in available data on hospitals and health systems' finances and use of the 340B program.
Significant gaps in hospital and health system’s financial data, including 340B program use, “limit transparency for policymakers, researchers, and consumers,” [...]

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Influential House GOP Group Calls for Major Medicaid Cuts and 340B Revenue to ‘Go Where Intended’

The Republican Study Committee's proposed fiscal year 2025 budget includes calls for changes to the 340B program.
An influential conservative congressional caucus is urging Congress to significantly cut Medicaid spending and “ to ensure that drug discounts [...]

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Two Reports Critique Financial Dynamics of 340B Program

Recent reports from 46brooklyn, a nonprofit think tank, and IQVIA, a drug industry analytics firm, criticized the financial dynamics of 340B.
The 340B program may increase medication costs for self-insured employers, a recent study from a pharmaceutical industry outsourcing and analytics [...]

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340B Hospitals’ Low-Income Prostate Cancer Patients Had Better Adherence

Dr. Kassem Faraj and his co-authors at the University of Michigan found 340B was associated with better treatment adherence for more vulnerable prostate cancer patients.
Although 340B participation did not correlate to the start of costly treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer enrolled in [...]

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