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This Week in 340B: February 14 – 20, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

Issues at Stake: Medicare Payment Cuts; Other
Where Things Stand:

  • The district court judge in a state law case has ordered the 340B covered entity plaintiff to show cause explaining why this action should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution.
  • Three Medicare payment cut cases have been reassigned to the district court judge handling most other Medicare payment cut cases.

Get more details on these 340B cases with the 340B Litigation Tracker, a subscription product from McDermott+Consulting.




This Week in 340B: January 24 – 30, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy; ADR Rule; Medicare Payment
Where Things Stand:

• An opinion was issued in one of the three federal Appeals Court cases addressing contract pharmacy restrictions. The Court found that HHS could not require drug manufacturers to provide 340B pricing on drugs shipped to an unlimited number of contract pharmacies. The Court also upheld the December 2020 Administrative Dispute Resolution Rule.
• The parties in two stayed cases filed joint status reports in light of the decision in AHA v. Becerra. The government requested that the cases remain stayed pending HHS’s decision on a remedy for past underpayment, while the hospitals asked for the stay to be lifted.

Get more details on these 340B cases with the 340B Litigation Tracker, a subscription product from McDermott+Consulting.




This Week in 340B: January 17 – 23, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

Issues at Stake: Medicare Payment; Definition of Patient
Where Things Stand:

• A District Court in one case related to the 340B definition of “patient” granted the parties’ Joint Motion to Seal the Certified Administrative Record.
• One case was ordered stayed in consideration of the opinion in AHA v. Becerra, and the parties were instructed to file a joint status report by February 9, 2023.

Get more details on these 340B cases with the 340B Litigation Tracker, a subscription product from McDermott+Consulting.




This Week in 340B: January 9 – 16, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

  • Issues at Stake: Medicare Payment; ADR Rule; Definition of Patient
  • Where Things Stand:
    • A District Court issued an opinion in AHA v. Becerra remanding the issue of remedies in the Medicare 340B payment cuts to HHS and declining to vacate the payment rule.
    • Seven cases will remain stayed pending a decision in AHA v. Becerra regarding remedies for the now-vacated 340B Medicare payment cuts.
    • Parties in one case challenging the ADR Rule, which is currently stayed, moved for the dismissal of the action without prejudice.
    • Plaintiffs in one case related to the 340B definition of “patient” filed a Joint Motion to Seal the Certified Administrative Record.

Get more details on these 340B cases with the 340B Litigation Tracker, a subscription product from McDermott+Consulting.




This Week in 340B Litigation: January 2 – 9, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

  • Issues at Stake in Developments Last Week: Medicare Payment; HRSA Audit Process
  • Where Things Stand:
    • A Confidentiality Order issued in one case, ordering that certain administrative record and discovery material may be treated as confidential and setting forth the terms and procedure for designating such documents as confidential.
    • Five cases will remain stayed pending a decision in AHA v. Becerra on remedies for the now-vacated 340B Medicare payment cuts. The Court also ordered that the parties in these cases file a Joint Status Report on or before April 10, 2023.
    • Parties in three cases filed a Joint Status Report in their respective courts, requesting that their cases remain stayed pending a remedies decision in AHA v. Becerra.

Get more details on these 340B cases and all other material 340B cases pending in federal and state courts with the 340B Litigation Tracker, a subscription product from McDermott+Consulting.




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