On July 31, 2025, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released long-awaited guidance establishing a 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program (Pilot Program). The announcement marks a ...
Only a week after calling it quits on a court-halted pilot program, the Trump administration is already revving the engine on how it could test out a rebate model for the 340B Drug Discount program.
(The Center Square) – Hospitals and clinics in Michigan participating in a federal drug discount program are marking up medications and shifting costs onto public employee health plans, according to a ...
The 340B rebate pilot model set to begin in January 2026 starkly presents the key tradeoff between program integrity and support for safety net providers and poses an important question: can the 340B ...
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with ...
The pilot is a significant departure from the current model, which gives hospitals upfront discounts for some drugs. The program has proved a flash point between drugmakers and providers, as ...
HRSA has extended the deadline for comments on its proposed 340B rebate model pilot program to April 20, 2026. Covered entities have a limited window to submit detailed feedback on how the model would ...
More than three decades ago, Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net hospitals and clinics expand resources and care for underserved communities. By requiring pharmaceutical companies to ...
This approach would aim to raise the same amount of revenue that was previously generated by covered entities’ arbitrage of 340B drugs without the perverse incentives perpetuated by the current ...
The federal 340B program was created to help low-income patients get access to affordable medicine. But government programs usually explode beyond their original purpose. The same has happened here, ...