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Epstein Becker & Green

The 340B Reimbursement Battle: What Hospitals and Insurers Need to Know

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in American Hospital Association (“AHA”) v. Becerra (2022) sent shockwaves through the 340B drug pricing program when it held that CMS’ reduction of reimbursement for drugs purchased under the...more

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Medicare Advantage Payors Have Not Redressed 340B Underpayments

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CMS recently published its remedy in response to the Supreme Court’s decision that CMS’s 340B outpatient drug payment policy violated the Medicare statute. Many hospitals that are 340B covered entities will now receive tens...more

King & Spalding

CMS Announces Proposed $9 Billion Remedy for Hospitals Underpaid by Unlawful Rate Cut for 340B Drugs

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On July 7, 2023, CMS published its highly-anticipated proposed rule identifying its remedy to reimburse hospitals unpaid by its unlawful 340B drug payment policy (the Proposed Rule). While the Supreme Court found CMS’s 340B...more

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Supreme Court Ruling in AHA v. Becerra May Affect 340B Hospitals' Reimbursement Rights Against Medicare Advantage Plans

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Hospitals that participate in the 340B program may be entitled to additional monies from Medicare Advantage plans in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in AHA v. Becerra. In AHA v. Becerra, a unanimous Supreme Court...more

K&L Gates LLP

Recent Developments to the 340B Drug Pricing Program

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In this episode Victoria Hamscho, Andrew Ruskin, and Leah Richardson provide an update on key developments to the 340B Program. They discuss the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year overturning 340B...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

340B Update: District Court Rejects 2022 Payment Methodology for 340B Hospitals Following Supreme Court Win

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We follow up on our previous blog post concerning the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in favor of 340B hospitals. The Supreme Court previously held that “absent a survey of hospitals’ acquisition costs, HHS may not vary...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

U.S. District Court Judge Vacates Unlawful Drug Reimbursement Rate For 340B Hospitals for Remainder of 2022

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As we reported previously in this post on our Healthcare Perspectives blog, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this summer held that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to certain 340B hospitals...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Supreme Court Decision Maintains Status Quo for Disproportionate Share Percentage Calculation: What Does It Mean for the 340B...

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Last week, the Supreme Court released a decision relating to how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires hospitals to calculate its disproportionate share percentage. While this percentage is primarily used...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Adjustments to Certain Prescription Reimbursements

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The U.S. Supreme Court sided with medical providers on June 15, 2022, after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut Medicare Part B reimbursements to healthcare providers serving disadvantaged communities....more

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Hospitals Win 340B Medicare Rate Cut Suit, But When, How, and How Much They Will Recoup Remains Unclear

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In a recent unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), erred when it significantly reduced...more

K&L Gates LLP

Supreme Court Issues Decision Favorable to Hospitals on 340B Payment Reduction: What to Do Next

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On 15 June 2022, the Supreme Court issued the long-awaited decision in the American Hospital Association v. Becerra case examining whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had the authority to make certain...more

Baker Donelson

340B Hospitals Score a Win With The U.S. Supreme Court

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On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the American Hospital Association in the case of American Hospital Association vs. Becerra, that the nearly 30 percent cuts in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Saves Hospitals from $1.6B Cut to 340B Program

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On June 15, 2022, in a win for hospitals, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in American Hospital Association et. al. v. Becerra (“Becerra”), overturning massive reimbursement reductions in the 340B drug pricing program...more

Polsinelli

SCOTUS Sides with 340B Hospitals and Denies CMS’s Attempt to Cut Reimbursement for 340B Drugs

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Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated, unanimous opinion, AHA v. Becerra, confirming that CMS exceeded its statutory authority when it implemented a discriminatory reimbursement structure...more

Foley Hoag LLP

American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al.: Supreme Court Rejects CMS Policy to Adjust Medicare Part B Payments for...

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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released its opinion in American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al., a case that involves the proper method for the Medicare program to reimburse hospitals for outpatient drugs...more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Medicare Cuts to 340B Hospitals

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On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision finding Medicare payment cuts to hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program illegal. The decision in favor of 340B hospitals is the culmination of a...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Sides with 340B Hospitals in Significant $1.6 Billion Part B Drug Payment Ruling

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On June 15, 2022, after many years of ongoing litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned a substantial Medicare Part B payment reduction to many 340B Program participating hospitals related to certain...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Supreme Court Decides in Favor of 340B Hospitals Regarding Medicare Reimbursement Methodology

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On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of “340B” hospitals in a notable statutory interpretation case concerning how the federal Medicare program reimburses hospitals for prescription drugs. The...more

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Supreme Court Decides American Hospital Association v. Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services

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On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided American Hospital Association, et al. v. Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 20-1114, holding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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340B Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Ruled Unlawful by Supreme Court

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the American Hospital Association and against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), holding that the 2018 and 2019 Medicare reimbursement cuts for 340B hospitals...more

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Supreme Court unanimously sides with American Hospital Association, 340B hospitals over outpatient drug reimbursement rates; 340B...

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On Friday, June 24th, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 340B hospitals regarding their challenge to outpatient prescription drug reimbursement methodologies issued by the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on 340B Outpatient Payment Cuts—and Discusses ‘Chevron Deference’

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Over the summer, my colleague Tom Barker discussed how the Supreme Court was planning to hear several health care cases during the October 2021 term. Last week, the Court heard oral arguments for two noted cases: during...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Two Hospital Cases This Week

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This is a big legal week for hospitals and health systems as the U.S. Supreme Court heard not one, but TWO different oral arguments related to federal government payments to hospitals and health systems. In both cases, the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Supreme Court Will Hear Several Health Care Cases in 2022 Term

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Recently, my colleague Regina DeSantis told you about the ongoing saga involving disputes between 340B contract pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers.  We often write about the 340B program on our blog because of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

July Surprise - Supreme Court Agrees to Review Medicare Payment Cuts to 340B Drugs

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The US Supreme Court has announced that it will take up review of the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholding Medicare’s 2018 payment cuts to 340B drugs. The case will be closely...more

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