DPC in RealClearHealth: CMS Is Reining in 340B Program Abuse – Rural Patients Will Benefit
The Domestic Policy Caucus penned an op-ed for RealClearHealth, “CMS Is Reining in 340B Program Abuse – Rural Patients Will Benefit,” which was published today.
In part, DPC wrote, “Ask most 340B hospital executives what the 340B program pays for, and you will get a warm answer about the safety net. Ask for the receipts, and the conversation tends to end. That is the whole problem, and the administration has a chance to fix part of it this month. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that would stop Medicare from paying hospitals far more for certain drugs than the hospitals pay to acquire them… CMS should finalize the rule as written. Then, Congress should finish the job by defining who counts as a 340B patient, reining in contract pharmacies, and making eligible hospitals report what they collect and where it goes.
