Empire State Today

One hundred and eleven New York hospitals participate in the federal 340B drug pricing program.

This program is a federal initiative that enables eligible hospitals and healthcare organizations to purchase outpatient medications at significantly discounted prices.

Established in 1992, the program aims to provide financial relief to healthcare providers serving vulnerable populations, allowing them to stretch their scarce resources and reach more eligible patients.

Hospitals participating in the 340B program can use the savings to fund essential services and programs, such as free or low-cost medication assistance, expanded access to healthcare, and community outreach initiatives.

Participating hospitals, however, “often extend their 340B discounts to clinics in well-off communities, where they can charge privately insured patients more than those on Medicaid,” reported the Wall Street Journal.

“In some cases, the program appears to be bolstering profits in well-off areas more than it is underwriting services in less-privileged neighborhoods,” said the Journal article.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill in 2023 that he said would ensure “that organizations are transparent about how they use resources from” the 340B program.

“The 340B Drug Pricing Program is supposed to help low-income and uninsured Americans afford their medicine, but some are taking advantage of the program at the expense of vulnerable patients,” said Kennedy.

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Which New York hospitals participate in the 340B program?

Hospital	City
St. Charles Hospital Port	Jefferson
Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook
South Shore University Hospital	Bay Shore
Long Island Jewish Medical Center	New Hyde Park
Mercy Medical Center	Rockville Centre
Nassau Health Care Corporation	East Meadow
Episcopal Health Services	Far Rockaway
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center	Jamaica
Elmhurst Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	Elmhurst
Flushing Hospital Medical Center	Flushing
NewYork-Presbyterian / Queens	Flushing
Queens Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	Jamaica
The Brooklyn Hospital Center	Brooklyn
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center	Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital (NYCHHC)	Brooklyn
Woodhull Hospital Center	Brooklyn
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center	Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	Brooklyn
NY Community Hospital of Brooklyn	Brooklyn
University Hospital of Brooklyn	Brooklyn
Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn
Richmond University Medical Center	Staten Island
Staten Island University Hospital	Staten Island
Bellevue Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	New York
Lenox Hill Hospital	New York
Mount Sinai Beth Israel	New York
Mount Sinai West	New York
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York
NYU Langone Hospitals	New York
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary	New York
Harlem Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	New York
Metropolitan Hospital Center (NYCHHC)	New York
The Mount Sinai Hospital	New York
Jacobi Medical Center (NYCHHC)	Bronx
BronxCare Health System	Bronx
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center (NYCHHC)	Bronx
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx
St. Barnabas Hospital	Bronx
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital	New Rochelle
St. John’s Riverside Hospital	Yonkers
St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Yonkers
Good Samaritan Hospital	Suffern
Montefiore Nyack Hospital	Nyack
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center	Sleepy Hollow
Westchester Medical Center	Valhalla
Benedictine Hospital	Kingston
Bon Secours Community Hospital	Port Jervis
Garnet Health Medical Center	Middletown
St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Newburgh	Newburgh
Vassar Brothers Medical Center	Poughkeepsie
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca	Ithaca
Chenango Memorial Hospital	Norwich
Columbia Memorial Hospital	Hudson
Delaware Valley Hospital	Walton
Garnet Health Medical Center - Catskills	Callicoon
Garnet Health Medical Center - Catskills	Harris
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center	Cortland
Margaretville Hospital	Margaretville
O'Connor Hospital	Delhi
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital	Binghamton
United Health Services Hospitals	Binghamton
Albany Medical Center Hospital	Albany
Ellis Hospital	Schenectady
Samaritan Hospital	Troy
Adirondack Medical Center	Saranac Lake
Alice Hyde Medical Center	Malone
Canton-Potsdam Hospital	Potsdam
Carthage Area Hospital	Carthage
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital	Plattsburgh
Claxton Hepburn Medical Center	Ogdensburg
Clifton-Fine Hospital	Star Lake
Cobleskill Regional Hospital	Cobleskill
Elizabethtown Community Hospital	Elizabethtown
Glens Falls Hospital	Glen Falls
Gouverneur Hospital	Gouverneur
Lewis County General Hospital	Lowville
Little Falls Hospital	Little Falls
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital	Cooperstown
Massena Hospital	Massena
Nathan Littauer Hospital	Gloversville
River Hospital	Alexandria Bay
St. Mary’s Healthcare	Amsterdam
Community Memorial Hospital	Hamilton
Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare	Utica
Oneida Healthcare Center	Oneida
Rome Memorial Hospital	Rome
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center	Syracuse
University Hospital	Syracuse
Arnot Ogden Medical Center	Elmira
Brooks-TLC Hospital System	Dunkirk
Jones Memorial Hospital	Wellsville
Olean General Hospital	Plean
Schuyler Hospital	Montour Falls
UPMC Chautauqua At WCA	Jamestown
Auburn Community Hospital	Auburn
Clifton Springs Hospital	Clifton Springs
Medina Memorial Hospital	Medina
Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital	Dansville
Oswego Hospital	Oswego
Samaritan Medical Center	Watertown
Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates County	Penn Yan
United Memorial Medical Center	Batavia
Highland Hospital of Rochester	Rochester
Rochester General Hospital	Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester
Unity Hospital of Rochester	Rochester
Erie County Medical Center	Buffalo
Kaleida Health	Buffalo
Mount St. Mary’s Hospital and Health Center	Lewiston
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center	Niagara Falls
Sisters Of Charity Hospital	Buffalo

Source: https://www.340bhealth.org/files/NY.pdf