The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they would pay the 1,600 hospitals that participate in the 340B drug discount program a total of $9 billion in lump sum payments in response to the Supreme Court decision that found the program underpaid for prescription drugs. But the Medicare program also announced that it...National News
Last week, Judge Rudolph Contreras, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must restore full 340B payments to participating hospitals for the rest of the calendar year.
This is the second successive blow to HHS regarding 340B payments,...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the American Hospital Association (AHA) against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a case that challenged a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that would have cut outpatient drug payments for hospitals that treat Medicaid enrollees and...
On September 7, 2021, there were 301,138 new recorded cases of COVID-19 in the United States. There were 2,226 COVID-19-related deaths. Of the total U.S. population, 63.2% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
This information comes from the New York Times interactive COVID-19 data tracker.
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Across the board, medical groups, hospitals and health care personnel are requesting institutional vaccination mandates for healthcare workers as the Delta variant spread increases case counts and hospitalizations nationwide.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) were joined by 58 other...
Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments for American Hospital Association v. Becerra, a case that deals with cuts made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to the 340B Discount Drug Program.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) along with the Association of American Medical...
Last week Steve Purves, President and CEO of Valleywise Health, became America’s Essential Hospitals’ board chair at a time when the nation’s safety net healthcare systems are in the national spotlight for leading the nation’s COVID-19 response.
Last week, Steve Purves, president and CEO of Valleywise Health, became...National News
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit over the Trump administration Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services's (CMS) Medicare Part B pay cuts for outpatient clinic visits at off-campus hospital facilities. In February, the American Hospital Association (AHA), America's Essential Hospitals and the Association of...National News
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are moving to reject 340B discounts through pharmacies and are demanding more data on the program’s efficacy.
Much to the chagrin of hospitals nationwide that have become accustomed to the 340B program, the drug companies are testing the limits of their abilities to challenge regulation...Arizona News
On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced funding relief for providers that rely exclusively on Medicaid reimbursements following months of pleading by providers, industry professionals and politicians.
Organizations like the American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals and the American Health...
