340B is a tremendous federal program that ought to be fixed — by the federal government. A state initiative would make things worse. Credit: Getty Images. When something isn't working, we look to our ...

Dan Crippen was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1999 to 2003. In its first report on the 340B drug discount program's effect on the budget, the Congressional Budget Office ...

AbbVie has lost a legal challenge seeking to block a Mississippi law that requires it to provide discounted medicines to some pharmacies serving low-income communities. The US Court of Appeals for the ...

When the 340B drug pricing program was established in 1992, Congress intended for the program to help low-income and uninsured patients with their prescription drugs. The pharmaceutical companies ...

The 340B drug discount program incentivizes hospitals to purchase outpatient clinics and prescribe more and higher-cost drugs — behaviors that tend to increase costs for the federal government and ...

Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide ...

This past September, a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) threatened to kick a pharmaceutical company out of Medicare because the company, in line with federal law, ...

The rapid expansion of the federal 340B drug pricing program is significantly affecting Medicaid budgets, particularly in states where managed care plans oversee prescription drug benefits. New ...

The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created in 1992 and allows hospitals and clinics that treat a large population of low-income and uninsured patients to buy outpatient prescription drugs at a discount ...

Four drug manufacturers have announced plans to offer discounted drug prices to safety net providers under the federal 340B program via rebates instead of upfront discounts, despite the federal ...

Facilities and programs known as 340B-eligible "covered entities" routinely provide prescription drugs regardless of a patient's ability to pay. However, drugs purchased at 340B prices can be ...

The 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”) is a federal drug discount program that Congress passed into law in 1992. The 340B Program requires drug manufacturers to provide drugs at discounted ...