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340B
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Triage Health Law
CMS to Reduce 340B Drug Payments to Hospitals by $1.6 Billion
On November 13, CMS published the final rule revising the Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for 2018. Among a number of changes, the final rule dramatically reduces Medicare Part…
Healthcare Law Blog
The 340B Drug Pricing Program: New CMS Final Rule Draws a Motion for Preliminary Injunction from Hospital Groups
By Jordan Grushkin, Kenneth Yood, Matthew Goldman
On November 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule, “Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Finalizes Medicare OPPS, ASC Rates and Policies for CY 2018
By Gail L. Daubert, Debra A. McCurdy
CMS has published a final rule updating Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2018. In…
Health Care and Life Sciences
CMS Final Rule Will Reduce Medicare Part B Drug Payments by Nearly 30% for 340B Hospitals
By James S. Tam, Alan J. Arville, Constance A. Wilkinson
On November 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service ("CMS") released the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System ("OPPS") final rule ("Final Rule"), finalizing a Medicare payment reduction…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Congressional Health Policy Hearings
Recent Congressional hearings focusing on health policy issues include the following: House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on how covered entities use the 340B drug pricing program, ways to address…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HRSA Delays Final 340B Penalty Rule until July 1, 2018; Additional Rulemaking in the Works
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has adopted its proposal to delay the effective date of its final rule revising the calculation of the 340B “ceiling price” that may…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HRSA Proposes Delaying 340B Drug Pricing Program Reforms until July 1, 2018
The Trump Administration is proposing to once again push back the effective date of a January 2017 final rule making changes to the calculation of the 340B “ceiling price” that…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Proposes Medicare OPPS, ASC Update for CY 2018
CMS has published its proposed rule to update Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2018.…
Healthcare Law Insights
CMS Proposes Drastic Reduction to Medicare Part B Reimbursement of 340B Drugs
By Tiffany A. Hetland, Libby J. Orendorff
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) put out its 2018 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. The Rule proposes, among other things, to dramatically reduce…
FCA Update
Physician Compensation Scrutiny Continues in Recent FCA Settlement
By Amy H. Kearbey, Nicholas Alarif
A hospital system in Missouri recently agreed to settle with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for $34 million to resolve claims related to alleged violations of the Stark Law.…