MedPAC Considers Draft Recommendation to Cut 340B Hospitals’ Medicare Drug Reimbursement

by Admin | December 11, 2015 2:13 pm

December 11, 2015—Congress should reduce Medicare Part B drug reimbursement for 340B hospitals by 10 percent of a drug’s average sales price (ASP) and redistribute the estimated $300 million in savings to hospitals providing the most uncompensated care through Medicare’s hospital uncompensated care payment pool, the chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposed in a draft recommendation discussed during the panel’s public meeting yesterday.  

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Source URL: https://340binformed.org/2015/12/medpac-considers-draft-recommendation-to-cut-340b-hospitals-medicare-drug-reimbursement/

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