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340B Savings Mean More Needed Services and Improved Patient Outcomes

Hospitals use their 340B savings to:

  • Increase access for low-income and rural patients 92% 92%
  • Support uncompensated and unreimbursed care 90% 90%
  • Expand care offerings 84% 84%
  • Maintain/provide more services in underserved areas 74% 74%

340B helps improve patient health outcomes through:

  • Improved medication adherence 86% 86%
  • Reduced readmissions 80% 80%
  • Improved access to services 78% 78%
  • Improved transitions of care 73% 73%

340B cuts would have the biggest impact on:

  • Cancer care 74% 74%
  • Diabetes care 66% 66%
  • General patient care 59% 59%
  • Mental health patient care 51% 51%

340B Hospitals Serve More Medicaid and Other Low-Income Patients

340B DSH hospitals provide more than two-thirds of uncompensated and unreimbursed care in the United States. This translates to $41.6 billion in uncompensated care.

340B DSH hospitals provide more than three-quarters of Medicaid hospital services while representing less than half of hospitals

340B DSH hospitals treat significantly more Medicaid and low-income Medicare patients

340B DSH hospitals are more likely to provide specialized services and community health and wellness services

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340B Hospitals care for more seniors from underserved populations

Drug company 340B restrictions are stripping billions of dollars from the healthcare saftey net

340B hospitals serve more Medicaid hospitals and other low income patients

Growing financial losses from drug companies’ unlawuful 340B restrictions

340B Health Annual Survey 2021

340B Health Annual Survey 2020

340B Hospitals pursuing health equity

Addressing the challenge of diabetes with 340B program savings

340B program savings improve patient health outcomes

A comparison of patients treated by 340B and non-340B providers

340B hospitals on the front lines of addressing the U.S. opioid epidemic

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Protecting 340B is critical for the health of America’s people and communities. Closing the gaps in care helps the underserved get the care they need, keeps people at work, and the economy moving.