MedCity News August 11, 2022
Concerns about who qualifies under the 340B Program, how drugs can be dispensed to patients, and how much entities will be reimbursed may significantly impact the operation of the 340B Program as Congress intended. This evolving landscape poses challenges to all stakeholders.
On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in favor of 340B hospitals rejecting steep reductions in reimbursements for covered 340B drugs that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) had tried to implement in 2018. But even following this decision, all entities involved in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”) still face a significant amount of uncertainty in complying with its requirements. In addition to the reimbursement amount issue, the U.S. Department of...