Changing hospital admissions experiences in the past year resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could jeopardize some safety-net hospitals’ continued eligibility for the section 340B prescription drug discount program and NASH is asking for Congress’s help to prevent this.

COVID-19 led to a reduction of hospitals admissions as people deferred addressing their medical problems out of fear of contracting the virus.  These reduced admissions, a one-year anomaly, could affect safety-net hospitals’ ability to continue participating in the 340B program, which is an essential tool for  helping hospitals provide low-cost prescription drugs to low-income patients in the communities they serve.

For this reason, NASH has asked members of Congress to co-sponsor and support H.R. 3203 and S. 773, which would protect hospitals from losing eligibility for the 340B program based on one year of once-in-a-lifetime admissions pattern changes.  See NASH’s message to members of Congress.