The federal government and a Tennessee health system are meeting with a mediator in connection with a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges that the system paid Memphis-area cancer physicians for referrals that generated $50 million in profits in one year alone
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Two of three judges on a federal appeals court panel strongly indicated this morning that they reject the federal government’s position that nothing in the 340B statute gives drug manufacturers the right to put any conditions on offers of 340B
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The 340B program “has always been uniquely federal in nature” and “there is no room for states, pharmacies, or other interests to step in and try to supplant” the federal government’s exclusive control over it, the brand drug industry said
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A federal district judge on Monday cleared the way for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in as quickly as two weeks to resume paying hospitals at the rate of average sales price (ASP) plus 6% for their
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Drug manufacturer UCB has sued in federal court to overturn federal health officials’ finding that the Belgian company’s restrictions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop or the company could face civil monetary
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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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