19 May Becker’s Healthcare: Halting 340B funding would force 73% of hospitals to cut staff, study finds
Posted on May 19, 2016
If the 340B Drug Pricing Program were restricted or no longer available, safety-net hospitals would face a myriad of challenges, according to a recent study by 340B Health.
Signed into law in 1992, the 340B Drug Pricing Program — which has stirred up considerable controversy in recent years — allows certain safety-net healthcare organizations to purchase outpatient drugs at discounted prices.