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Dispute Develops Over Discount Drug Program

When a private oncology practice in Memphis formed a partnership with a nearby hospital in late 2011, the organizations proclaimed that the deal would “transform cancer care” in the region.

What they did not emphasize was that the deal would also create a windfall for them worth millions of dollars a year, courtesy of an obscure federally mandated drug discount program.

Read the full story: http://nyti.ms/151Xwmq

Source: The New York Times

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