The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued its decision in the consolidated cases of drug manufacturers Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, and AstraZeneca ruling in the drug manufacturers favor versus the Department of Health & Human Services... Read More
On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously in favor of several hospital groups concluding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exceeded its statutory authority by implementing a discriminatory... Read More
In part one of this article series, Frier Levitt dissected the May 9, 2022, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule (Final Rule) entitled, “Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare... Read More
Recent CMS agency rulemaking has essentially eliminated pharmacy Direct and Indirect Remuneration (DIR) fees beginning in Plan Year 2024. Providers “in the know,” however, are not cheering. Our more technical article on the rulemaking is... Read More
Earlier this month, the federal government intervened in a qui tam action originally filed in 2017 against a Tennessee hospital system, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals (collectively, “Methodist”),... Read More
As Frier Levitt has highlighted in recent articles, independent pharmacies are encouraged to use all available tools to combat unjustified PBM audit findings. Pharmacies should exhaust their efforts, even in instances where the amount of monies at... Read More
On March 24, 2022, Senators Richard Pan and Scott Wiener of California introduced new legislation (SB-939) targeting abusive Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practices in connection with the federal 340B program. By way of background, the 340B program... Read More
On February 23, 2022, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law House Bills 4348, 4351, and 4352, each tailored to address Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ (PBMs) discriminatory treatment of 340B entities. The signing of these Bills comes less... Read More
The Section 340B federal discount drug program (340B program) is a federal program under which pharmaceutical manufacturers enter into contracts with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in exchange for obtaining Medicaid and... Read More
A piece of legislation aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and protecting Independent Pharmacies in the State of Tennessee recently passed through the State’s House and Senate and was subsequently signed into law by Governor Bill... Read More
