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On Friday, July 15th, CMS published its CY 2023 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) and gave 340B covered entities a glimpse...

The Supreme Court issued a long-awaited victory to 340B hospitals this week, when it held in American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al. that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in American Hospital Assn. v. Becerra declaring that CMS’s 2018 and 2019 reimbursement outpatient drug rate cut to 340B...

Last week, the Supreme Court released a decision relating to how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires hospitals to calculate its disproportionate share percentage....

The Chevron doctrine i.e. the concept that the courts should defer to relevant agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes they are tasked to administer. Which comes from a SCOTUS Case where they evaluated two competing interpretations of the federal Clean Air Act.

The concept of “administrative deference” is a key component to the modern regulatory state. An important aspect of administrative deference is the “Chevron doctrine,” i.e. the concept...

Supreme Court Held that Department of Health and Human Services set unlawful Medicare reimbursement rates for hospitals in the 340B Drug Pricing Program in 2018 and 2019, decision did not address how the violation should be remedied and remanded case to lower courts

The Supreme Court issued a long-awaited victory to 340B hospitals this week, when it held in American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al. that the Department of Health and...

Supreme Court issued American Hospital Association v. Becerra decision on whether Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had authority to make certain payment cuts to 340B Program safety net hospitals for drug reimbursement.

On June 15, 2022, in a win for hospitals, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in American Hospital Association et. al. v. Becerra ("Becerra"), overturning massive reimbursement reductions...