Hospitals Ask Court To Quickly Block 2019 Cuts To 340B Pay

By Michelle M. Stein / February 15, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Hospitals are asking a federal court to give CMS 30 days to scrap its plans to continue lower reimbursement for 340B drugs in 2019, as the court already found the 2018 pay cuts beyond the scope of the agency’s authority. The American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges and America’s Essential Hospitals say that while 30 days is not a lot of time for CMS to rewrite the 2019 hospital outpatient rule, a quick resolution would ensure the cuts...

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