Goodbye ‘340B,’ Hello ‘Outpatient Drug Discount Program’ In House Reform Bill

House Commerce Committee members are drafting legislation to make numerous significant changes to the 340B drug discount program, including the definition of eligible patients, new reporting and auditing requirements for providers and drug manufacturers, rules for contract pharmacies – and a new user-fee program for participating health care providers.

Legislation is being written to give the 340B drug discount program a stronger foundation for compliance and integrity, not to mention finally giving the program an official name: the Outpatient Drug Discount Program.

According to industry stakeholders, a bipartisan group of members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is drafting a bill...

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