Category: Judicial

The hospital groups that last week lost a federal lawsuit in California to make federal health officials enforce 340B contract pharmacy requirements for drug manufacturers have asked a federal court in Indiana to make them parties in opposition to manufacturer

Thirty-six state and regional hospital associations on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court’s 2-1 July 2020 decision that upheld the nearly 30 percent cut since 2018 in 340B hospitals’ drug reimbursement under the hospital

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday asked a federal district judge in Indianapolis, in a strongly worded filing, to deny drug manufacturer Eli Lilly’s motion in late January to block the 340B program’s new administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process.

A federal district judge in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday expressed doubt that she had jurisdiction to require the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to make drug manufacturers repay 340B hospitals for drug discounts that the companies have declined

The American Hospital Association (AHA) last week told the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that insurance company UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) specialty pharmacy coverage policies “undermine the intent of the 340B program” and should be disallowed.

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The Biden administration late yesterday told the U.S. Supreme Court that, due to the change in the presidency, the federal government has changed its main position in the lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) constitutionality. The government now says

A federal district judge in Oakland, Calif., is scheduled to hold a hearing this afternoon on the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it by 340B hospitals over HHS’s enforcement of its 340B