Suzanne York

Judge Contreras of the federal District Court for the District of Columbia has vacated the Department of Health and Human Service’s rule cutting Medicare reimbursement to 340B hospitals for outpatient drugs for 2022.  This means that 340B hospitals will be paid at the default Medicare rate of Average Sales Price plus 6% for these drugs […]

Jerome A. (Buddy) Cooper received a well-deserved recognition of being admitted to the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame.  After serving as Justice Black’s first law clerk, Buddy was one of the founding partners of Cooper, Mitch & Black, which was the law firm where Joe Whatley began his law practice.  Buddy was a great lawyer

Late Friday a federal court in San Francisco allowed a case against subsidiaries of CVS Health Corporation brought by HIV-positive “John Doe” plaintiffs to proceed, denying CVS’s motion to dismiss the case. This ruling comes on the heels of CVS’s abrupt dismissal late last year of its appeal to the United States Supreme Court of

Humana, Inc. has reported strong second quarter profits of $696 million, bringing its profits for the first half of the year to $1.6 billion, an increase of 14.8% from the first half of 2021.  Humana also reported strong revenues of $23.7 billion for the second quarter, an increase of 14.6% from the second quarter of

UnitedHealth Group reported strong profits for the second quarter of 2022, with double digit growth at both UnitedHealthcare and Optum. UnitedHealth Group’s strong second quarter profits beat analysts’ expectations. UnitedHealth Group posted profits of $5.1 billion for the second quarter, up from $4.3 billion for the second quarter in 2021.  UnitedHealth Group also posted revenues