340B Payment Reductions in the CY2018 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
As part of its yearly process to establish Medicare rates under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a new rule setting those rates for the 2020 calendar year. Because the new rule effectively reduces payment…
AHA, Associations, Hospitals response to the government’s letter to the D.C. Circuit following oral argument in appeal of the District Court’s judgment in favor of AHA, Associations, and Hospitals, regarding the 340 B payment reduction litigation.
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