Federal health officials should not be allowed to craft their own plan to remedy unlawful Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for 340B hospitals since 2018, as the government has not shown how it would stop future illegal payment cuts, the American Hospital Association and other hospital groups told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has also failed to show how immediately raising reimbursements to 340B hospitals would be disruptive, the groups said in an Aug. 17 reply to the government’s opposition motion filed Aug. 12. The hospital groups asked the court on Aug. 3 to immediately halt a nearly 30% Medicare Part B payment cut in place since 2018 for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
Federal health officials should not be allowed to craft their own plan to remedy unlawful Medicare Part B drug payments cuts for 340B hospitals since 2018, as the government has not shown how it would stop future illegal payment cuts, the American Hospital Association and other hospital groups told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week.
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