SCOTUS Overturns 2018, 2019 Medicare Pay Cuts To 340B Hospitals

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 15) overturned a large pay cut to hospitals for drugs obtained through the 340B discount program because CMS failed to collect hospitals’ acquisition costs, but the justices left to a lower court the responsibility of how CMS will undo those budget-neutral cuts for 2018 and 2019. Hospitals praised the ruling. “The text and structure of the statute make this a straightforward case. Because HHS did not conduct a survey...