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ACI's virtual 6th Annual Passport to Proficiency on Rx Drug Pricing & Rebate Fundamentals will help you master the fundamentals, comprehend the consequences of new developments, and prepare for the complexities and nuances of...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a notice announcing the application process for the 340B rebate model pilot program and requesting public comment. The notice sets the parameters of 340B rebate...more
On July 31, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the availability of a new pilot program altering how pharmaceutical manufacturers can honor the...more
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
Pharma’s favorite summer pastime is back again: reviewing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release of the 2025 proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...more
ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more
The 340B Drug Program requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the Medicaid program to provide covered outpatient drugs at significantly reduced prices to certain health care organizations and programs, referred...more
CMS recently published its remedy in response to the Supreme Court’s decision that CMS’s 340B outpatient drug payment policy violated the Medicare statute. Many hospitals that are 340B covered entities will now receive tens...more
On July 7, 2023, CMS published its highly-anticipated proposed rule identifying its remedy to reimburse hospitals unpaid by its unlawful 340B drug payment policy (the Proposed Rule). While the Supreme Court found CMS’s 340B...more
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
Last week CMS issued its anticipated proposed rule to implement the Supreme Court’s decision last year which ruled that CMS’ reduction in Medicare payments for Part B outpatient drugs purchased through the 340B program...more
The American Conference Institute is hosting the 21st Annual Rx Drug Pricing Boot Camp in New York. With both federal and state law makers engaging in greater scrutiny of prescription drug pricing, now is the time when...more
Hospitals that participate in the 340B program may be entitled to additional monies from Medicare Advantage plans in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in AHA v. Becerra. In AHA v. Becerra, a unanimous Supreme Court...more
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
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
It has certainly been a year of ups and downs for 340B hospitals. While litigation continues in the manufacturer 340B price restriction space, and 340B hospitals continue to experience financial, legal and operational...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
As we reported previously in this post on our Healthcare Perspectives blog, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this summer held that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to certain 340B hospitals...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
On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in American Hospital Assn. v. Becerra declaring that CMS’s 2018 and 2019 reimbursement outpatient drug rate cut to 340B hospitals was “contrary to the statute and...more
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
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with medical providers on June 15, 2022, after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut Medicare Part B reimbursements to healthcare providers serving disadvantaged communities....more