MedPAC To Weigh Part B Pay Cuts To 340B Hospitals At March 5 Meeting

Congressional Medicare advisers on Thursday (March 5) will discuss whether the 45 percent of Medicare acute care hospitals in the 340B drug discount program should be paid lower rates for administering drugs in outpatient departments, according to the meeting agenda. The advisers have said the combination of the discounts and the Part B pay scheme might perversely incentivizes hospitals to use expensive drugs. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Chair Glenn Hackbarth said at the group's November meeting that Congress asked the...