Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate to go into effect nationwide, while blocking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) vaccine requirements from taking effect.
The AHA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Medical Association in urging the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court decision that refused to allow a case involving the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 to proceed in federal court and sent it…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) sued the federal government today over the misguided implementation of the federal surprise billing law. The associations are joined in the suit by hospital and physician plaintiffs, including Renown Health, UMass…
Introduction Defendants have persuasively explained why the Complaint fails to state a claim as a matter of law. Amici do not seek to repeat those compelling legal arguments. Instead, amici can best assist the Court in another way: by providing critical information, based primarily on documents…
A federal district court judge in Indiana Friday agreed with the government’s contention that the 340B statute would permit the Department of Health and Human Services to require that the drug company Eli Lilly offer 340B discounts for drugs distributed by hospitals through community pharmacies,…
ALJ Delay Case Status Report and Dashboard - Sept. 28, 2021
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, et al.,                                                  Plaintiffs,
The United States Supreme Court this morning rejected the third major challenge to the Affordable Care Act, holding in a 7-2 decision that the challengers did not have “standing,” or the legal right to challenge the portions of the ACA they alleged were unconstitutional.
IN THE Supreme Court of the United States THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. XAVIER BECERRA, in his official capacity as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Respondents. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the…