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Mintz IRA Update — Legal Challenges to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Continue

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The IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the “Negotiation Program” or “Program”), which aims to lower drug prices by enabling the federal government to negotiate prices for some of the costliest Medicare Part D...more

Goodwin

Legal Challenges to the Inflation Reduction Act: An Update on Pending Challenges and Reactions to Oral Argument in Dayton Area...

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Two weeks ago, HHS announced the first 10 drugs that will be subject to the new Drug Price Negotiation Program under the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”). Six of the manufacturers whose drugs are on the list and several other...more

White & Case LLP

Where Things Stand on Drug Pricing at the Halfway Point of 2023

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While only slightly past the midway point of 2023, it has already been a busy year for developments in drug pricing. Notably, CMS released its final guidance in preparation for price negotiations and the first 10 drugs...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: April 2023 #5

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandate Update: Last, but Not Least, Texas Joins the Rest of the Country

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion staying preliminary injunctions issued in cases filed in Missouri and Louisiana challenging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS)...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Dizzying Map of Federal Vaccination Mandates, Injunctions and Stays

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Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Suspends Vaccine Mandate Enforcement for Healthcare Workers

On December 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a memorandum (the “CMS Memo”) addressing survey and enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement applicable to Medicare and Medicaid...more

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Breaking News on the CMS Vaccination Rule: Less Than 24 Hours After Being Shelved in 10 States, the Rule Is Sidelined Nationwide

In a November 30, 2021, order, a federal judge sitting in Louisiana entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule entitled...more

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Federal Judge Shelves President Biden’s CMS Vaccine Mandate...But in Only 10 States

In a 32-page order issued on November 29, 2021, United States District Judge Matthew T. Schelp entered a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) interim final...more

Baker Donelson

Recent Litigation Underscores Continued Difficulties with the 'Logjam' of the 'Colossal' Medicare Claim Appeals Backlog

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Although newly released data from the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) suggests that the Medicare claim appeals backlog might be decreasing, OMHA's case processing time and recent litigation challenging the...more

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Legal Developments to Keep an Eye Out for in 2020

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Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: Federal Circuit Decisions on Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab Preliminary Injunctions: Appeals are pending on the District of Delaware’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

340B Program-Participating Hospitals Object to CMS’s Proposed Cuts to 340B Program Reimbursement: CMS’s Recent Information...

Information Collection Request. On November 27, 2019, 340B Health, a nonprofit membership organization comprised of hospitals and health systems that participate in the federal 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”),...more

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Bankruptcy Court Stops Medicare from Recouping Monies Owed by Provider

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A Delaware Bankruptcy Court Judge has entered an order prohibiting Medicare from withholding payments to a diagnostic testing provider, True Health Diagnostics, LLC, while the bankruptcy case is pending. Prior to filing the...more

Perkins Coie

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decision Strengthens Protections for Healthcare Providers in Bankruptcies

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In an August 2019 case argued by Perkins Coie attorneys, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled that the automatic stay under section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code bars the Centers for Medicare &...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Updated Procedural History of UPMC – Highmark Litigation

Below is a summary of UPMC-Highmark dispute as of March 4, 2019. This information is limited to litigation proceedings with no discussion about prior contracts or negotiations....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

340B Drug Pricing Program Litigation Update: Court Rejects CMS Drug Pricing Cuts

On December 27, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion that ruled against the Trump Administration in its plan to cut funding from the 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”). ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Court Issues Permanent Injunction Blocking Medicare 340B Payment Cuts

The US District Court for the District of Columbia recently held that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its authority by reducing Medicare payment rates for 340B drugs, but, because of the...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Medicare Overpayment Recoupment Halted by Court

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In a recent decision, the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, granted a health care provider a preliminary injunction to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") from withholding Medicare payments...more

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Texas Federal District Court Prevents Withholding of Medicare Payments

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In a much-anticipated decision in Family Rehab., Inc. v. Azar, Federal Judge Kinkeade enjoined the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") from withholding Medicare payments to effectuate the recoupment of the...more

Baker Donelson

CMS Issues Updated Medicare Payment and Billing Policies for 340B Hospitals

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On April 2, 2018, CMS issued updated guidance related to the dramatic Medicare payment reductions that went into effect this year for certain 340B hospitals. The guidance explains the planned application of the payment cuts...more

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Fifth Circuit Provides Relief for Providers Facing Medicare Appeal Backlogs

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has provided some relief to health care providers seeking to stop Medicare from "recouping" alleged overpayments before the provider can obtain a hearing before an...more

Baker Donelson

Court Finds Jurisdiction to Bar Recoupment Associated with Pending Claims Appeal

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On March 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit published an opinion that provides Family Rehabilitation, Inc. (Family Rehab) a second chance to postpone recoupment of about $7.6 million in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

340B Drug Pricing Program Litigation Update

In November of last year, we wrote about a preliminary injunction being sought by hospital advocacy groups attempting to stop implementation of the Trump administration’s cuts to the 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B...more

King & Spalding

District Court Grants Government’s Motion to Dismiss Legal Challenge to Medicare Rate Cut for 340B Discounted Drugs

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On December 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government’s motion to dismiss a pre-implementation challenge to CMS’s policy to cut the Medicare reimbursement rate for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The 340B Drug Pricing Program: New CMS Final Rule Draws a Motion for Preliminary Injunction from Hospital Groups

On November 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule, “Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting...more

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