House lawmakers want new flexibility to ensure hospitals don't lose 340B eligibility due to COVID-19 response

Some House lawmakers want to ensure safety net hospitals wouldn’t lose eligibility to participate in the 340B drug discount program due to their response to COVID-19.
Reps. Doris Matsui, D-California, and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, wrote to House leadership (PDF) Tuesday outlining concerns that hospitals will be cut off from the program because they have to expand capacity to fight COVID-19.
“To support our safety net hospitals through this crisis, we write to ask that any future supplemental relief bill include policies to temporarily protect these hospitals from losing 340B eligibility,” the lawmakers wrote.
The 340B program requires drug companies to provide discounts to disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs) as a condition to participate in Medicaid.