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340B Program Controls: House Committee Launches Investigation

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Energy and Commerce Committee leadership requests audit records and other documents from the Health Resources and Services Administration to evaluate the effectiveness of its oversight of the program.

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is collecting information on the government's oversight of the 340B drug discount program with an eye to identifying potential abuses by safety net hospitals and other providers that are benefitting from the discounts.

The committee is weighing a hearing on the issue though no date for one has been announced. (Also see "

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