The Value of the 340B Program: Case Studies

The 340B Drug Pricing Program helps ensure access to care for patients and communities most in need. A bipartisan effort by Congress in 1992 designed the program to protect hospitals from rising drug costs — a dynamic that continues to present major challenges today.

Our Lady of the Lake Health, a part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, has been a leading provider of high-quality care in the Baton Rouge community for more than 100 years.

As the largest rural hospital in Eastern Kentucky, UK St. Claire is part of an integrated health system serving as the primary provider across 11 counties in the region and caring for 170,000 patients annually.

University of Louisville (UofL) Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, a cancer center, an eye institute and nearly 200 clinics serving communities across Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Trinity Health Grand Rapids — anchored by a 283-bed hospital — operates two freestanding emergency departments, two urgent care clinics, three public health centers, a large HIV clinic and 57 outpatient clinics.

Monument Health is the largest health care provider in western South Dakota. It is an integral part of the local community, providing a wide array of vital services including behavioral health, oncology and dialysis care.

Grady Health System: Serving Atlanta Communities - Providing over 700,000 patient visits annually, Grady is committed to community wellness. Explore the impact of the 340B program on their services.

Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) erves a population of 66,000 and employs nearly 1,400 people in one of the most rural regions of the country. The not-for-profit community health care provider treats more than 25,000 patients through its Emergency Department, provides care to over 164,000 Vermonters in its 27 outpatient facilities, and performs over 3,000 outpatient surgeries annually.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is an integrated non-profit health system serving over 75,000 patients annually from Southwestern Vermont, parts of eastern New York, and northern Massachusetts.

As a key community institution in the heart of northern New York’s Adirondack Mountains for more than a century, Adirondack Health serves over 60,000 year-round residents and millions of visitors that frequent the region each year.

Renown Regional Medical Center prides itself on being Northern Nevada's only Level II Trauma Center with 985 licensed beds, providing care to approximately one million patients across 17 counties, encompassing 100,000 square miles between Sacramento, Calif. and Salt Lake City.

Discover WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital in West Virginia. Offering primary care and specialty services to rural residents. Trusted, efficient, and high-quality healthcare.

Valleywise Health, with its 340B Program savings, reinvests back into programs that directly benefit patients and the larger community, providing access to high-quality care for all.

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) has served the people of Missouri for over 50 years. Based in Clinton, Missouri, GVMH is the only hospital serving three rural counties between Kansas City and Springfield, covering an 80-mile radius.

Since Baxter General Hospital was founded in 1963, it has served as a critical lifeline for residents in 11 counties across north-central Arkansas (AR) and south-central Missouri (MO).