340B Payment Reductions in the CY2018 Final OPPS Rule
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL., APPELLANTS v. ALEX MICHAEL AZAR II, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLEES
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:17…
The information below supplements the March 29, 2018 memorandum AHA’s outside counsel prepared regarding 340B claims submission during the legal challenge to the 2018 outpatient prospective payment system rule reducing reimbursements for 340B claims beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
Dear Noridian Healthcare Solutions:
Dear National Government Services:
June 14, 2018 - Appellants provide two recent notices issue by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). The notices confirm that the rulemaking process was Appellants' only administrative opportunity to present their challenge to the rule at issue in this case and that Appellants will not be…
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings last week said it believes that recent payment cuts to not-for-profit hospitals under the 340B drug savings program “will likely weaken their operating performance at a time of already tightening margins.”
28(j) Letter (May 10, 2018)
American Hospital Ass’n v. Alex M. Azar II, No. 18-5004 (D.C. Cir.) (heard May 4, 2018 before Circuit Judges Srinivasan, Millett, and Katsas)
AHA Response to the Government's 28(j) Letter (May 11, 2018)
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