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Medicaid and the Law
CMS Issues Guidance to States on 340B Duplicate Discounts
Late last year, we noted that the Massachusetts Medicaid program had proposed regulations to address issues related to the prohibition on duplicate discounts in the 340B program. The Massachusetts solution…
Healthcare Law Blog
340B Program-Participating Hospitals Object to CMS’s Proposed Cuts to 340B Program Reimbursement: CMS’s Recent Information Collection Request
Information Collection Request. On November 27, 2019, 340B Health, a nonprofit membership organization comprised of hospitals and health systems that participate in the federal 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”),…
Medicaid and the Law
Massachusetts Medicaid Proposes Changes to Hospital Acquisition of Costly Prescription Drugs
Earlier this year, we wrote about a lawsuit involving the 340B drug pricing program. We sometimes write about the 340B program because it is integrally linked to the Medicaid prescription…
To Be or Not to 340B Blog
New PBM State Laws Indicate a Shifting Battlefront over 340B Program Drug Pricing
By Brenda Maloney Shafer, Richard Davis
While much attention has been paid to the ongoing litigation related to the ongoing 340B Medicare Part B payment reduction litigation (which is now pending before the US Court of…
To Be or Not to 340B Blog
Interesting 340B Takeaways from 2020 OPPS Proposed Rule
By Brenda Maloney Shafer, Richard Davis
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) "respectfully disagreed" with a recent federal district court's "understanding of the scope of CMS' adjustment authority" in making cuts to Medicare Part…
Municipal Minute
Court Upholds Village’s Stormwater Fee Ordinance
In 2014, the Village of Winnetka adopted a storm water ordinance that imposed a fee on the owners of property in the Village in order to provide a dedicated funding…
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340B Litigation Updates and Other Program Developments
By Brenda Maloney Shafer, Richard Davis
340B Medicare Part B Adjustment Litigation Update In the latest development of the ongoing 340B Medicare Part B payment reduction controversy, US District Judge Rudolph Contreras again concluded that the…
Triage Health Law
Court Again Rules that HHS’s Medicare 340B Drug Price Cuts are Illegal, But Gives the Agency a Chance to “Unscramble the Egg”
As previously reported, last December the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had overstepped its bounds when it…
Healthcare Law Blog
Years in the Making: The Health Resources & Services Administration Launches a Website to Increase Pricing Transparency in the 340B Program
If you overheard Medicaid providers breathe audible sighs of relief on April Fool’s Day, it may be because on April 1, 2019, the Health Resources & Services Administration of the…
To Be or Not to 340B Blog
The President’s 2020 Budget Keeps 340B Program in the Spotlight
By Brenda Maloney Shafer, Richard Davis
On March 11, 2019, the President delivered his proposed 2020 budget to Congress. While a President’s budget proposal is the beginning of a lengthy budget process, this proposed budget nonetheless…