Healthcare Finance News January 12, 2023
On Tuesday, a federal court ruled to allow HHS to propose an appropriate remedy for its past underpayments.
On Tuesday, a federal court ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services can propose the appropriate remedy for underpaying hospitals in the 340B program, to the disappointment of the American Hospital Association and America’s Essential Hospitals.
“For more than five years, the Department of Health and Human Services has unlawfully withheld vital funding from 340B hospitals that helps them provide a range of important benefits to their patients and communities,” said Melinda Hatton, AHA general counsel and secretary. “We are disappointed that the district court elected to extend this delay by remanding this case back to the department to determine...