Nan Myers

Created in 1992 as part of the Veterans Health Care Act, the 340B drug pricing program requires drug companies to provide discounts sometimes as much as 50% to covered entities, hospitals, and clinics that treat low-income and uninsured patients.

Last year, after much discussion among medical professionals and health policy experts, there was a change to a more value-based approach led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A shortage of primary care physicians is looming in many areas of the United States.