340B Needs Legislative Fix For Overspending On Medicare Patients, GAO Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Drug discount program creates financial incentive for participating hospitals to prescribe more drugs or more expensive drugs reimbursed by Medicare Part B, resulting in 'substantially higher' spending, a GAO report says.
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