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Value-Based Care and Its Impact on Providers
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Value-based health care: compliance infrastructure
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Value-based health care: issues for pharmaceutical companies
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Every July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes two proposed rules relating to how it plans to administer the Medicare Part B program for the next calendar year: the physician fee schedule (PFS)...more
On January 10, 2023, Judge Contreras of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that CMS’s 340B drug reimbursement rates dating back to January 1, 2018, were unlawful and underpaid affected...more
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
On November 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an update to its Medicare Part B drug payment policy for hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program and reversed payment cuts in place...more
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted plaintiffs’ motion to vacate the 2022 OPPS Rule’s 340B rates on a prospective basis, meaning that HHS will pay 340B hospitals the drug’s average sales...more
On September 28, 2022, the US District Court for the District of Columbia vacated the 2022 rule under which the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reduced Medicare Part B payments on 340B drugs paid under the...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it “fully expects” to reverse Medicare Part B rate cuts for separately payable drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program, resulting in an...more
The Supreme Court issued a long-awaited victory to 340B hospitals this week, when it held in American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al. that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had set unlawful...more
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
On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). While the Proposed Rule...more
How far can an agency go to allow agency-developed policy objectives to supersede concerns about faithful adherence to the law? Similarly, how much should health systems and others regulated by Medicare be concerned about...more
On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. CMS proposes to reduce OPPS payments for 340B drugs from...more
In this episode, Ryan Severson and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in pharmaceutical pricing and the 340B Drug Pricing Program heading into 2020, including reimbursement cuts for 340B drugs under the Outpatient...more
In Part Two of this two-part series on recent developments in pharmacy law and the 340B drug pricing program, Richard Church and Ryan Severson discuss several recent developments related to the 340B drug pricing program,...more
Relief for hospitals that have endured drastic cuts in Medicare reimbursement for the majority of drugs they purchase under the 340B drug discount program may be coming soon. A federal judge recently affirmed his prior...more
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
In its Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule ("Proposed Rule"), CMS outlined a significant Medicare Part B payment reduction for separately payable, nonpassthrough drugs provided in the hospital outpatient...more