340B Policies In The Mix For Possible Inclusion In End-Of-Year Legislation

A bipartisan group of six senators recently urged the upper chamber's leadership to include a provision to prevent a cut to hospital reimbursement for 340B drugs in an end-of-the-year package -- though it is unclear what legislation lawmakers may look to pass once the current continuing resolution runs out Dec. 22. A hospital lobbyist says that some type of spending bill will need to move once the short-term government funding runs out, and hospitals hope a moratorium on the cuts...