340B Spotlight: 340B hospitals continue to benefit from consolidation at expense of patients

As we ’ve noted before, incentives to profit under the 340B program are leading to an uneven playing field for providers and may be shifting care to more expensive and less convenient settings in some cases. Roughly45 percent of Medicare acute care hospitals participate in 340B. Many of these hospitals have expanded their reach by buying community-based physician practices and then obtaining 340B discounts for prescriptions written by those physicians. 
Source: The Catalyst - Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: 340B hospitals 340B Spotlight Policy Solutions Market Distortions Source Type: news