340B Hospital Eligibility
Whether a hospital meets the 340B statutory tests, and which restrictions apply.
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Example
- Hospital type
- Disproportionate share hospital (subsection (d))
- Ownership or government contract
- Nonprofit with a state or local contract for low-income care
- Disproportionate share adjustment percentage
- 14.2 %
- Buys covered outpatient drugs through a group purchasing organization
- No
Result: Eligible as a disproportionate share hospital with a disproportionate share adjustment percentage of 14.2% (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)(L)).
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What you enter
- Hospital type
- Ownership or government contract
- Disproportionate share adjustment percentage (not needed for a critical access hospital)
- Described in Social Security Act 1886(d)(5)(F)(i)(II)
- Buys covered outpatient drugs through a group purchasing organization
How this is calculated
Citation
42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)(L)-(O): the ownership or government-contract test, a disproportionate share adjustment percentage over 11.75% (DSH, children's, cancer) or at least 8% (rural referral, sole community), none for critical access; the group purchasing ban. Read the source ↗
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