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Ninth Circuit Vacates Low-Wage-Index Policy

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On December 11, 2024, the Ninth Circuit struck down an HHS policy that boosted the wage index, and therefore the Medicare reimbursement rate, for hospitals in low-income communities in Kaweah Delta Health Care District v....more

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New Kidney Transplant Allocation Policy Survives Eighth Circuit Legal Challenge

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On November 8, 2021, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court order that denied an attempt to preliminarily block the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network’s (OPTN) policy changing the manner in which donor kidneys are...more

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Federal District Court Upholds CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule, Reporting to Begin January 1, 2021

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On June 23, 2020, a federal district court upheld a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation that requires hospitals to publicly report information regarding their standard charges, including privately...more

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Federal Court Partially Grants Motion to Dismiss Clearing Way for New HHS Liver Allocation Policy to Go into Effect

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On January 21, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted in part and denied in part a motion challenging a new HHS policy for allocating livers to transplant patients in the United States. The...more

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Court Strikes Down 340B Orphan Drug Rule Again: Will This Impact the “Mega Guidance”?

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A federal court vacated the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Orphan Drug Rule that had allowed certain 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program) hospital covered entities to receive discounted prices when...more

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