U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), vice chair of the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee, has written a bill to impose significant 340B program reporting requirements on disproportionate share hospitals and potentially other covered entities. Meanwhile, two bills have been introduced by Republican U.S. senators, one of which would require 340B covered entities to pass all of their discounts to patients including those with insurance.
Bucshon’s bill is labeled a discussion draft and has not been formally introduced. The subcommittee is holding a hearing Wednesday, April 26, on how it and 16 other actual and proposed bills can increase transparency and competition in health care. The subcommittee held a hearing on transparency and competition March 28. During it, Bucshon said he hoped eventually to work on broad reforms to 340B. In the interim, he said, “can we not agree that entities benefiting from the discounts need to show the American people what they’re doing with the savings? For that matter, what the savings are?”
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), vice chair of the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee, has written a bill to impose significant 340B program reporting requirements on disproportionate share hospitals and potentially other covered entities. Meanwhile, two bills have been […]
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