As we first reported Friday in a news alert, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has tentatively scheduled oral arguments in three key 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits for Nov. 15.
The clerk of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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In a big victory for 340B hospitals, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled yesterday that the government must immediately begin to pay 340B hospitals the full Medicare Part B drug payment rate for the remainder of calendar year (CY)
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Sparked by the dismissal of its complaint against Astra Zeneca and Sanofi by the government’s Administrative Dispute Resolution Panel (ADR), the National Association of Community Health Centers say “they cannot wait any longer for a solution,” to the two-year standoff
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Lawyers for federal healthcare officials told a federal district court yesterday that the government opposes a South Carolina health center’s efforts to have the longstanding 340B program definition of patient declared illegal.
In papers filed Sept. 22 in federal district court
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A federal district court in Arizona has upheld a $23 million arbitration award to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) against pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) CVS Caremark for unfair drug reimbursement.
In its November 2019 lawsuit, AHF alleged that CVS Caremark
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Federal lawyers last week agreed with national groups that represent 340B hospitals that the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to declare illegal Medicare Part B payment cuts in 2018 and 2019 for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs “effectively resolves” the groups’ claims
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Arkansas’s first-of-its-kind law requiring drug makers to honor 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs is not preempted by the federal 340B statute since the state law applies only to the acquisition and delivery of
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A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., put drug manufacturer Merck’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit against the federal government on hold until after a federal circuit court in Washington rules in Novartis and United Therapeutics’ 340B contract pharmacy cases.
Lawyers
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340B HIV provider groups have slammed a recent federal court decision that could have far-reaching implications on access to a host of preventive health care services.
On Sept. 7, Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the
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A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear oral arguments in drug manufacturer Eli Lilly’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit against the federal government on Oct. 31, the court announced on Tuesday.
The half-hour session will take place one week after
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