Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of 340B ADR Final Rule
By EsqSocial Corporation 24/03/21
On March 16, 2021, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking HHS from implementing the 340B administrative dispute resolution final rule (the Final Rule) released in December 2020. The blocked Final Rule would have created a panel to settle disputes between hospitals and drug manufacturers on issues related to the 340B drug discount program. Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana held that because HHS issued the Final Rule without...
By: King & Spalding