Court Tells CMS To Stop Underpaying Hospitals For 340B Drugs

By John Wilkerson / September 29, 2022 at 1:07 PM
A federal district court on Wednesday (Sept. 28) directed Medicare to immediately begin paying hospitals in full for 340B drugs after the U.S. Supreme Court in July overturned a nearly 30% pay cut for Part B drugs obtained through the 340B discount program. The Supreme Court left it to the lower court to determine how CMS would repay hospitals and when the agency would transition away from the pay cuts. Hospitals and CMS were at odds over how to handle...


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