Becker's Healthcare September 5, 2023
CMS bookmarked $9 billion for the 2,600 340B hospitals to repay unlawful payment cuts, and nearly half, $4.3 billion, is planned for 100 of those hospitals, according to data from the Community Oncology Alliance.
After yearslong litigation over whether HHS had the authority to reduce its rate for covered drugs in the 340B program by 22.5 percent, the U.S. Supreme Court awarded hospitals the win in June 2022 and ordered CMS to reimburse the facilities for those cuts.
The Community Oncology Alliance — which called 340B facilities “so-called charity hospitals” — collected data on how much money 340B hospitals are set to receive.
The 100 hospitals with the largest planned payments:
1. NYU Langone Hospitals (New York...