On November 5, 2021, 152 members of the U.S. House of Representatives submitted a letter to the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) urging the Departments to...more
On July 29, 2021, CMS issued final rules for FY 2022 in its yearly update to Medicare payment policies under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) PPS,...more
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On March 16, 2021, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking HHS from implementing the 340B administrative dispute resolution final rule (the Final Rule) released in December 2020. The blocked Final Rule would...more
On December 30, 2020, the HHS Office of General Counsel (OGC) issued Advisory Opinion No. 20-06 finding the 340B Federal Drug Pricing Program requires drug manufacturers to extend 340B pricing to covered outpatient drugs...more