340B Program
Commercial Payer 340B Reimbursement Policy Changes
Medicare and commercial payers are simultaneously squeezing 340B drug program margins.
Renata Szymborska
· 10 min read
Medicare and commercial payers are simultaneously squeezing 340B drug program margins.
Biosimilar reimbursement rates are driving infusion practices toward financial losses.
Payer behavior, not internal operations, now drives infusion revenue loss.
Fragmented infusion RCM creates hidden revenue leaks that standard due diligence misses.
Medicare's reimbursement formula penalizes biosimilars priced below their reference drugs.
Buyers must audit billing infrastructure, not just revenue, to value infusion practices correctly.
Distinguish three benchmark types to avoid missing underpayments in infusion contracts.
Margin, not revenue, determines whether an infusion practice survives.