Category: Federal

The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has filed suit challenging the continuation in 2021 of a nearly 30% cut in Medicare Part B reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased physician-administered drugs.

KUMC filed the suit Nov. 24 in U.S. District Court

The federal government on Wednesday told the judge that ruled against it in drug makers Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits it needs more “time to decide whether to file appeals.”

The government’s Dec. 1 statement about

Drug manufacturer Lilly and the federal government disagree over whether a federal district judge’s recent decision in Lilly’s 340B contract pharmacy case is ripe for review.

Last month, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals questioned whether U.S. Senior

340B hospitals’ challenge to Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts was not the only case on the U.S. Supreme Court docket this week that could have a significant impact on the program.

On Monday, the justices heard the case of

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices asked during a hearing today whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had statutory authority to single out 340B hospitals for a nearly 30% cut in Medicare Part B drug reimbursement beginning in

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments this morning in a lawsuit challenging the nearly 30% cut since 2018 in what Medicare Part B pays hospitals for 340B-purchased physician administered drugs.

Arguments in American Hospital Association v. Becerra are due