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HHS Sets Its Sights on $50B in Cost Savings: Medicare Payments to Nonhospice Providers Potentially Under Fire

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In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a review, titled “Potential Cost Savings HHS Programs – HHS Actions,” which provided some insight into the OIG’s...more

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CY 2026 MA and Part D Final Reg: Policies Under Consideration

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Last week, the contract year (CY) 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final reg entered the clearance process at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As mentioned in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, OMB’s review is...more

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This Week in 340B: March 4 – 10, 2025

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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

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Healthcare Policy Options to Reduce the Deficit

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The Trump Administration and 119th Congress will likely be targeting trillions of dollars in savings in the year ahead. Healthcare makes up a significant portion of mandatory spending and therefore likely will be a large part...more

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This Week in 340B: January 7 – 13, 2025

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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

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Key Proposals from the CY 2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

On November 26, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2026 proposed rule for the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (“Part D”),...more

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Performance Year 2023 MIPS Payment Adjustments: A Return to Normal

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While the phrase “return to normal” is used in many different contexts, interestingly, it can now also be applied to the maximum payment adjustments that clinicians receive through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System...more

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This Week in 340B: June 18 – 24, 2024

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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

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This Week in 340B: April 30 – May 6, 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

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This Week in 340B: April 16 – April 22, 2024

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: March 26 – April 1, 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

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: March 19 – 25, 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

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: January 9 – 16, 2024

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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

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This Week in 340B: December 21, 2023 – January 8, 2024

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We’re back from the holidays with updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country as we move into 2024. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B...more

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This Week in 340B: November 2023 #3

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We’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday with two weeks of 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...more

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Unpacking CMS's Proposed Rule for Correcting Underpayments for 340B Drug Reimbursement

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In this episode, Darlene Davis, Leah Richardson, and Andrew Ruskin unravel CMS’s proposed rule for the remedy for Medicare payments for drugs purchased under the 340B Program and reimbursed as hospital outpatient services....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

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CMS Proposal to Make One-Time $9 Billion Lump Sum Payment to 340B-Covered Entity Hospitals

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently announced its proposal to make a one-time lump sum payment of roughly $9 billion to 340B-covered entity hospitals that were impacted by the agency's unlawful...more

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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

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This Week in 340B Litigation: January 2023

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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 on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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CMS Proposes New Regulation to Clarify Physician and NPP “Split (or Shared)” Billing Policy

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On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule sets forth CMS’ plans to revise...more

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340B Update: Appellate Court Upholds 340B Payment Reduction as CMS Proposes Further Reductions for 2021

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In this week’s episode, Darlene Davis, Andrew Ruskin, and Gabriel Scott discuss notable recent developments for reimbursement under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) of drugs purchased under the 340B...more

Morgan Lewis

CARES Act Offers Short-term Financial Relief for Medicare Providers/Suppliers

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded its payment program to provide emergency funding and increased cash flow to providers and suppliers that participate in Medicare based on historical Medicare payments...more

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CMS Delays Price Transparency, Doubles Down on Site-Neutral and 340B Payment Policies in CY 2020 OPPS Final Rule

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Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) final rule [CMS-1717-FC]. While many hospitals had hoped for relief from recent...more

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Victory for Hospitals as Judge Rules that CMS’s Reduction of Medicare Payments for Outpatient E&M Services Was Ultra Vires

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On September 17, 2019, U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia awarded summary judgment in favor a group of more than 40 hospitals on their challenge to CMS’s decision...more

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