Nevada STD Clinic Sues Health Agency Over Drug Discount Program

Sagebrush Health Services, a Nevada-based health-care system, is challenging a federal health agency for pulling its STD clinics from a federal drug discount program.

The health provider filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the US Health Resources and Services Administration unlawfully removed Sagebrush’s participation from the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The federal program allows covered entities such as qualifying safety-net hospitals, clinics, and other providers to buy outpatient drugs at steeply discounted prices from manufacturers participating in Medicaid.

Sagebrush has specialty care clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases in Nevada, Connecticut, ...