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Fixing 340B Without Blowing It Up: The Specific Regulatory Changes to Ceiling Prices, Contract Pharmacies, Rebates, Patient Definition, and Transparency That Would Make the Program Actually Work
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Fixing 340B Without Blowing It Up: The Specific Regulatory Changes to Ceiling Prices, Contract Pharmacies, Rebates, Patient Definition, and Transparency That Would Make the Program Actually Work

The 340B drug discount program moved $124 billion in purchases last year. It is run under a 1992 statute that never defined what a patient is, never limited contract pharmacies, and never required anyone to report what happened to the savings. A thread on why that matters.

In 2010, guidance changed the contract pharmacy rule from one per entity to unlimi…

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