HRSA Administrator Carol Johnson | Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA Administrator Carol Johnson | Health Resources and Services Administration
This program is a federal initiative that enables eligible hospitals and healthcare organizations to purchase outpatient medications at significantly discounted prices.
Established in 1992, the program aims to provide financial relief to healthcare providers serving vulnerable populations, allowing them to stretch their scarce resources and reach more eligible patients.
Hospitals participating in the 340B program can use the savings to fund essential services and programs, such as free or low-cost medication assistance, expanded access to healthcare, and community outreach initiatives.
Participating hospitals, however, "often extend their 340B discounts to clinics in well-off communities, where they can charge privately insured patients more than those on Medicaid,” reported the Wall Street Journal.
"In some cases, the program appears to be bolstering profits in well-off areas more than it is underwriting services in less-privileged neighborhoods,” said the Journal article.
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill in 2023 that he said would ensure "that organizations are transparent about how they use resources from” the 340B program.
"The 340B Drug Pricing Program is supposed to help low-income and uninsured Americans afford their medicine, but some are taking advantage of the program at the expense of vulnerable patients,” said Kennedy.
| Hospital | City |
|---|---|
| Anderson Regional Medical Center | Meridian |
| Baptist Medical Center - Leake | Carthage |
| Baptist Medical Center Attala | Kosciusko |
| Baptist Medical Center Yazoo | Yazoo City |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Calhoun | Calhoun City |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto | Southaven |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle | Columbus |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Miss | Oxford |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County | New Albany |
| Choctaw Regional Medical Center | Ackerman |
| Clay County Medical Corporation | West Point |
| Copiah County Medical Center | Hazlehurst |
| Covington County Hospital | Collins |
| Delta Health - Northwest Regional | Clarksdale |
| Delta Health - The Medical Center | Greenville |
| Field Memorial Community Hospital | Centreville |
| Forrest General Hospital | Hattiesburg |
| Franklin County Memorial Hospital | Meadville |
| George County Hospital | Lucedale |
| Greene County Hospital | Leakesville |
| Greenwood Leflore Hospital | Greenwood |
| H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital | Quitman |
| Highland Community Hospital | Picayune |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics | Lexington |
| Jefferson Davis Community Hospital | Prentiss |
| John C. Stennis Memorial Hospital | Dekalb |
| King’s Daughters Medical Center | Brookhaven |
| Lackey Memorial Hospital | Forest |
| Laird Hospital | Union |
| Lawrence County Hospital | Monticello |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Corinth |
| Memorial Hospital at Gulfport | Gulfport |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital | Olive Branch |
| Monroe Health Services | Amory |
| Monroe Regional Hospital | Aberdeen |
| MS Baptist Medical Center | Jackson |
| Neshoba County General Hospital | Philadelphia |
| North Mississippi Medical Center | Tupelo |
| North Sunflower Medical Center | Ruleville |
| Noxubee General Critical Access Hospital | Macon |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock | Bay St. Louis |
| Oktibbeha County Hospital | Starkville |
| Panola Medical Center | Batesville |
| Pearl River County Hospital | Poplarville |
| Perry County General Hospital | Richton |
| Pontotoc Health Services | Pontotoc |
| Quitman Community Hospital | Marks |
| Rush Foundation Hospital | Meridian |
| Scott Regional Hospital | Morton |
| Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital | Rolling Fork |
| Simpson General Hospital | Mendenhall |
| Singing River Gulfport | Gulfport |
| Singing River Health System | Pascagoula |
| South Central Regional Medical Center | Laurel |
| South Sunflower County Hospital | Indianola |
| Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center | McComb |
| St. Dominic - Jackson Memorial Hospital | Jackson |
| Tallahatchie General Hospital | Charleston |
| Tippah County Hospital | Ripley |
| Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital | Winona |
| UMMC - Grenada | Grenada |
| University Of Mississippi Medical Center | Jackson |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown |
| Wayne General Hospital | Waynesboro |
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