On July 10, 2020, HHS announced over $4 billion in additional relief funding for certain hospitals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new round includes payments of approximately $3 billion to safety net hospitals and...more
On January 23, 2020, HHS issued its final rule adopting a modification of the requirements for the use of the Telecommunication Standard Implementation Guide, Version D.0, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs...more
On September 4, 2019, following remand from the Supreme Court’s decision in Azar v. Alina Health Services, No. 17-1484 (U.S. June 3, 2019), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia declined plaintiff...more
On May 19, 2017, HHS further delayed the effective dates concerning two final rules issued during the Obama administration. First, HHS delayed until October 1, 2017 the effective date of a January 5, 2017 final rule for the...more
On March 20, 2017, HHS issued an interim final rule further delaying until May 22, 2017, the effective date of a January 5, 2017, final rule for the 340B Drug Pricing Program that addresses the calculation of drug ceiling...more
On December 20, 2016, CMS issued its final rule implementing three new Medicare Parts A and B episode payment models for patients admitted for treatment for heart attack, bypass surgery, or hip/femur fracture under its...more
On August 19, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a group of hospitals’ motion for summary judgment against HHS in a challenge of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board’s (PRRB) denial...more
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