The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must immediately halt 30 percent reimbursement cuts to hospitals made under the 340B program aimed at helping poor patients, a federal judge ordered.
The ruling (pdf) in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, civil action 18-2084, was issued on Sept. 28 by Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama appointee on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Contreras is also presiding judge for the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Xavier Becerra is the HHS secretary.
