Show-Me State Times

Alliance For Integrity & Reform: 'The need for 340B reform is clear' with 50% of Mo. hospitals not investing profits into patient care

By Nicholas Malfitano | Sep 18, 2024

The authors of a March report that details profits earned by Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs) through the 340B Drug Pricing Program are calling for reform of the program after finding that up to 50% of these hospitals aren't investing savings earned through “significant discounts” on drugs into “charity care” for the low-income and uninsured patients that they serve.

Patients Come First Missouri Executive Director on 340B Program bill: 'Doesn’t seem to do the job'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 17, 2024

Patients Come First’s Missouri Executive Director Connie Farrow believes that a new law to assist lower-income residents statewide in having access to discounted prescription drugs “doesn’t seem to do the job” her organization had been hoping for.