Charity care at five Massachusetts hospital groups declined at a time that 340B sales to the hospitals were rising, a new report by a conservative state think tank says. The state hospital association says the report distorts the 340B program.

Conservative Massachusetts Think Tank Slams State’s 340B Hospitals over Charity Care and Calls for Reform

In Non-Governmental, Research/ReportsMarch 31, 2022294 Views

Tom Mirga

Charity care has been declining significantly in some Massachusetts hospital systems, raising “a significant policy issue for the 340B program,” a free-market-oriented Massachusetts think tank whose donors include pharmaceutical manufacturers says in a new report.

The state hospital association said the report distorts the 340B program and ignores rising drug prices. It also said the report’s recommendations, if adopted, would harm safety-net hospitals to the benefit of manufacturers.

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