Appeals Court Decision (July 31, 2020) Re: 340B Payment Reductions in the CY 2018 Final OPPS Rule

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Argued November 8, 2019                               Decided July 31, 2020

No. 19-5048

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL.,
APPELLEES

v. 

ALEX MICHAEL AZAR, II, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
APPELLANTS

Consolidated with 19-5198

Appeals from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
(No. 1:18-cv-02084)

Alisa B. Klein, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,
argued the cause for appellants. With her on the briefs were
Mark B. Stern and Laura E. Myron, Attorneys, Robert P.
Charrow, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services, Janice L. Hoffman, Associate General
Counsel, Susan Maxson Lyons, Deputy Associate General
Counsel for Litigation, and Robert W. Balderston, Attorney.