FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement attributable to:
Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
President and CEO
America’s Essential Hospitals
Washington, D.C. – The Health Resources and Services Administration’s new 340B rebate pilot program could directly harm patients and the essential hospitals they depend upon for affordable, high-quality care. It will require more bureaucracy, more paperwork, and will make the 340B program much more expensive to administer. It is voluntary for manufacturers, but not for hospitals. Drug manufacturers will be the only beneficiaries of this program, while hospitals will have to contend with a whole new set of administrative burdens.
We urge the administration to rethink its approach. We remain ready to work with all stakeholders to strengthen the 340B program for the benefit of our patients.
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About America’s Essential Hospitals
America’s Essential Hospitals is the leading association and champion for hospitals dedicated to high-quality care for all, including those who face social and financial barriers to care. Since 1981, America’s Essential Hospitals has advanced policies and programs that promote health and access to health care. We support our more than 350 members with advocacy, policy development, research, education, and leadership development. Communities depend on essential hospitals for care across the continuum, health care workforce training, research, public health, and other services. Supported by Essential Hospitals Institute, the association’s research and education arm, essential hospitals innovate and adapt to lead all of health care toward better outcomes and value.
Contact:
James Swann
Director of Communications
jswann@essentialhospitals.org
202.585.0102
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