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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #2

News Briefs - Lawmakers Boosting Investigation of P.E. Role in Healthcare - Influential U.S. Senators are the latest to launch investigations into private equity's increasing role in owning and operating everything from...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: May 28 – June 3, 2024

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Cornerstone Research

5 Questions with Sayeh Nikpay: The 340B Drug Pricing Program

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A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Sayeh Nikpay of the School of Public Health,...more

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Policy Update - CMS Finalizes Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drugs Purchased in CYs 2018–2022

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On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the rule Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the Calendar Years 2018–2022 to addresses how the...more

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HRSA Issues Notice Confirming 340B Registration Requirement

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On October 26, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Federal Register notice addressing the use of 340B drugs at off-campus hospital outpatient locations that have not yet appeared on a filed...more

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This Week in 340B: September 2023 #3

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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 of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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CMS Releases Proposed Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drugs Purchased in Cost Years 2018–2022

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On July 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drugs Purchased in Cost Years 2018-2022 to address how...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Proposes $9 Billion Refund to 340B Hospitals and Reductions in Future Payments to All Hospitals for Non-Drug Services

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On July 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to implement a remedy in response to last year’s Supreme Court decision finding the Medicare Part B payment policy for hospitals in the 340B...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

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

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

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Supreme Court Strikes Down Medicare Part B Reimbursement Reduction for 340B Drugs

The Supreme Court yesterday issued a unanimous opinion striking down the federal government’s reduction in Medicare Part B reimbursement for 340B drugs for calendar years 2018 and 2019. As background, the Centers for Medicare...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

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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Federal Spending Bill Offers Re-Enrollment Path for Some Hospitals

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In a move welcomed by the growing number of hospitals forced out of the 340B Program due to falling disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment percentages, Congress has passed a measure offering a chance to rejoin....more

King & Spalding

GAO Report Claims 340B Program Needs More Oversight of Hospitals

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On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report claiming that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) does not use adequate controls to confirm the eligibility of private...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Health Care Law Perspectives - November 2019 • Volume I

CMS’ 340B Rate Cut Continues to Dampen Hospital Outpatient Expansion Efforts - Hospitals hoping to benefit from favorable 340B drug pricing when acquiring independent physician practices for conversion to hospital...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: 340B Eligibility - Hospital Covered Entities

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This podcast focuses on the eligibility requirements for hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Factors affecting eligibility include a hospital’s licensure status, patient population, and Medicare...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Potential Implications to the ACA Under the Incoming Republican Administration – Part IV: Pharmacies

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), as a whole, did not have a significant impact on pharmacy services per se. However, a complete repeal would likely impact certain areas of pharmacy services including the drug benefit for the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

The AHA’s Letter to Santa Claus

The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more

Morgan Lewis

Passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act: What You Should Not Do Now

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Tips on preserving the provider-based status for existing clinics. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314) was signed into law on Monday, November 2. Notwithstanding significant concerns raised by the hospital...more

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Congress Take Step Toward Site-Neutral Medicare Payments in Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

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On October 28, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that, if enacted, would, among other things, substantially alter how and how much Medicare pays for outpatient services furnished by hospitals. The...more

Morgan Lewis

New Budget Bill May Signal End of Provider-Based Status

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Hospitals that seek to establish provider-based OPDs should complete their work soon. A near-final discussion draft of a House budget bill, which the White House has apparently agreed to in principle, would end the...more

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Orphan Drug Ruling Disrupts the 340B Program

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On Wednesday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued its highly anticipated opinion regarding the 340B orphan drug litigation. The Court ruled in favor of PhRMA, a trade association that...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Proposed 340B Guidance:  Who is the Biggest Loser?

We have now had more than 30 days to digest HRSA’s proposed 340B Drug Pricing Program Omnibus Guidance (“Proposed Guidance”), intended to clarify expectations and provide guidance on key issues in the 340B Program. There are...more

Holland & Knight LLP

HHS Issues Proposed 340B Program Omnibus Guidance: Five Things to Watch

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The 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), established by Section 602 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of HHS. The 340B Program requires...more

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