340B Meets Part B: Payment Proposal Unites Big Pharma and Safety Net Providers
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
The annual hunt for “pay-fors” is on: Congress is looking for offsets to pay for the cost of reversing physician payment cuts under Medicare. One idea would be to allow Medicare Part B to capture the prices of the 340B discount program. Providers who use 340B hate the idea – and manufacturers do too.