07 May Modern Healthcare: Commentary: Guidance on 340B drug program delivers mismatch of policy, priorities from HHS
Posted on May 07, 2016
The Obama administration and HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell have admirable goals for our nation’s healthcare system: greater provider collaboration; prevention and keeping people well after a hospital visit; payments that reward quality and care coordination; broad access to equitable care for the vulnerable.
But in working toward these goals, Burwell might be fighting a headwind of her department’s own making.