A New Call for 340B Transparency, Reform

By Gina ShawIn a hearing that was at once contentious and unusually bipartisan, members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee called for stronger oversight of the federal 340B Drug Discount Program while emphasizing its continued importance to safety-net hospitals and clinics.Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and academic medicine testified on Oct. 23 that the program, intended to help hospitals stretc