{"id":391,"date":"2026-07-03T18:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:24:38","slug":"lawmakers-urge-hhs-to-force-lilly-to-provide-340b-drug-discounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers urge HHS to force Lilly to provide 340B drug discounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23123535683142-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lawmakers urge HHS to force Lilly to provide 340B drug discounts\" title=\"Lawmakers urge HHS to force Lilly to provide 340B drug discounts\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div data-author=\"ed-silverman\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\">Ed\u2019s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/pharmalittle\/\">Pharmalittle newsletter<\/a> and the afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/pharmalot\/\">Pharmalot newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dozens of congressional lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to force Eli Lilly to reinstate mandated price breaks to hospitals that participate in a federal drug discount program but have refused to provide the company with claims data.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the bipartisan group of lawmakers argued that Lilly is failing to comply with federal law by eliminating the price breaks. The drugmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/pharmalot\/2026\/06\/18\/eli-lilly-340b-hospitals-drug-discount-price-breaks-eliminated\/\">stopped offering discounts<\/a> last month to reduce what it calls duplicate discounts paid to the hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Lilly targeted 50 larger hospital systems among approximately 1,000 hospitals that had not complied with a new policy that was announced this year. The company maintained that roughly 70% of the hospitals that participate in the discount program, or more than 2,300, had previously provided claims data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker article\" aria-labelledby=\"restricted-story-heading\" aria-describedby=\"restricted-story-description\" checked=\"false\">\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bar\">\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"stat-paywall-archive\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"restricted-story-heading\">This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"restricted-story-description\">Unlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker-cards\">\n<div class=\"slider-container\" aria-label=\"Subscription plan toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"individual\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Individual plans<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"group\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Group plans<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\">View All Plans<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"restricted-message-breaker\">\n<div class=\"restricted-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"restricted-content-message\">\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed\u2019s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. 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