Healthcare Finance News November 3, 2023
Premier and the American Hospital Association lauded a recent Supreme Court decision but say HHS is still acting unlawfully.
Hospital groups are unhappy with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after the agency released a final rule to fix the now-defunct 340B-acquired drug payment policy for 2018 to 2022.
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the American Hospital Association and other plaintiffs who claimed that HHS unlawfully withheld funding from 340B hospitals. The groups were disappointed, however, that the court allowed HHS to propose the remedy.
HHS’ final rule contains two central components. First, HHS will repay 340B hospitals that were underpaid from 2018 to 2022 in a single-lump sum payment. The final rule contains...
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