Court Ruling Might Put Some Hospitals' 340B Status in Jeopardy
Dispute over where Medicare managed care belongs in the DSH calculation.
A recent federal appeals court ruling on how Medicare managed care beneficiaries should be factored into a hospital's Medicare disproportionate share (DSH) patient percentage could potentially lead to hospitals being terminated from the 340B drug discount program—particularly in states with high Medicare managed care utilization. Click here to read more about this development in the Drug Discount Monitor. (SNHPA members, please click here.) |