Biden's Billion-Dollar Bite: Hospitals Face Financial Ruin?

Name: Biden's Billion-Dollar Bite: Hospitals Face Financial Ruin?
Uploaded: 2025-07-28T15:00:15+00:00
Duration: 3 min 26 s
Channel: Money Explainers
Description: Billions clawed back from hospitals as Biden fast-tracks Medicare repayment plan.<br />New Medicare rule could devastate safety-net providers.<br />The battle over discount drug reimbursements escalates.<br />#340BProgram #HealthcareUnderThreat #HospitalCrisis

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Billions clawed back from hospitals as Biden fast-tracks Medicare repayment plan.
New Medicare rule could devastate safety-net providers.
The battle over discount drug reimbursements escalates.
#340BProgram #HealthcareUnderThreat #HospitalCrisis

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00:00Biden's $7.8 billion clawback, hospitals on the brink.

00:05Hospitals nationwide are bracing for a financial shockwave.

00:08The Biden administration is accelerating its plan to recover $7.8 billion

00:13in what it deems improper cuts to drug reimbursements.

00:17A move detailed in a sprawling 913-page Medicare payment rule,

00:22this isn't just a bureaucratic shuffle.

00:24It's a double whammy hitting healthcare providers at a critical juncture.

00:27The genesis of this predicament lies with a 2022 Supreme Court ruling.

00:33The court overturned a nearly 30% cut that the first Trump administration

00:37had imposed on payments to safety net providers

00:39participating in the 340B discount drug program from 2018 to 2022.

00:45Medicare-S budgeting had initially factored in future savings from those cuts,

00:49which, paradoxically, led to boosted pay for hospital outpatient services

00:53outside of drug dispensing.

00:55To balance the books and avoid escalating total Medicare spending,

01:00the Biden administration first proposed recouping these increased reimbursements

01:04over 16 years.

01:05Now, in a significant shift, they aim to drastically shorten that timeline by a decade.

01:11The administration argues,

01:13a quicker recovery better reflects the benefits hospitals already received

01:17and mitigates.

01:18Complications from potential hospital closures during a more drawn-out process.

01:23The implications are dire.

01:24This accelerated clawback means hospitals face over $1 billion less

01:29than anticipated in Medicare payments next year.

01:33With further reductions looming,

01:34industry leaders like Maureen Testoni,

01:36CEO of 340B Health,

01:38warned that facilities relying on these federal programs

01:41could definitely reach unsustainability.

01:43The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges

01:48have lambasted the proposed recoupment as both illegal and unwise,

01:53cautioning that speeding up the clawbacks will have catastrophic effects on patients nationwide.

01:58Hospitals are not taking this lying down.

02:01Industry groups are already threatening legal action to halt the plan if it's finalized,

02:05contending that it unfairly punishes them for Medicare's own budgeting missteps.

02:10The concern extends beyond immediate financial strain.

02:13Testoni warns,

02:14the new timeline could jeopardize hospitals' ability to provide crucial care for vulnerable patients.

02:20Adding to the unease,

02:21the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently informed hospitals of an upcoming survey

02:26on drug acquisition costs,

02:28including 340B program rebates and discounts.

02:32Industry executives view this as a potential precursor to justify even further cuts down the line.

02:39The 340B program itself has become a point of contention.

02:42While participating non-profit and public hospitals assert

02:45it enables them to offer essential charity care,

02:48critics argue the program has ballooned in size

02:51and is ripe for abuse by some facilities.

02:54Conservative think tanks are actively pushing for a complete overhaul

02:58of how Medicare reimburses for discounted drugs.

03:01As the comment period for this proposed rule unfolds,

03:05significant pushback is expected.

03:07The final rule may yet be less aggressive.

03:10However, even with an anticipated $8.1 billion increase

03:14in overall Medicare payments for outpatient services next year,

03:17the accelerated clawback casts a long shadow,

03:21forcing hospitals to grapple with the future of unprecedented financial uncertainty.

03:26Money expires

03:26The accelerated clawback casts a long shadow,

03:33forcing hospitals to grapple with the future of unprecedented financial uncertainty.

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