Medicare proposes cuts to hospital reimbursement for 340B drugs ^77.6%

STAT - By Tara Bannow - 7/2/2026, 7:52 PM

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Medicare wants to slash payments to hospitals for drugs acquired through the 340B drug discount program by more than a third beginning next year, after the agency said its surveys found some patients paid more for the drugs than the hospitals did. Under a proposal released Thursday, Medicare would pay hospitals for 340B drugs at their... more