Modern Healthcare: House gears up for 340B oversight push

“Pressure over the status of a federal drug discount program has intensified on Capitol Hill as Medicare reimbursement cuts for 340B hospitals have officially gone into effect.

On Friday, a federal court dismissed several hospital associations’ suit that sought to block the cuts and lawmakers geared up for a legislative battle that has grown increasingly convoluted now that financial cuts have become conflated with a push for program transparency.

The problem? No one knows what a legislative fix of 340B should look like. ”

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