In August 2024, a federal district court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Community Oncology Alliance (“COA”), holding that the “in-office ancillary services” exception to the Stark Law does not permit physicians to dispense medications through the physician’s office and then mail prescriptions to the patient’s home. COA v. Becerra, Case No. 23-cv-2168, Doc. 40, United … Continue Reading
On July 29, 2024, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (“PCMA”) filed an opposition to Oklahoma’s petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, seeking review of the Tenth Circuit decision PCMA v. Mulready, 78 F.4th 1183 (10th Cir. 2023). Oklahoma seeks review of both ERISA and Medicare Part D preemption.[1] Mulready held that … Continue Reading