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Hospitals claim that HHS underfunded them from 2006 to 2009.
The American Hospital Association voiced concern over that rate and a 2.6% increase for long-term care hospitals.
CBO gives projections to House committee amid Johnson's CR stop-gap measure to avoid a government shutdown.
Stripped out of the final bill is a provision to prevent the 2.8% Medicare pay cut to physicians.
HRSA informed J&J in August that its rebate model was inconsistent with the 340B statute.
The drugmaker says it believes the rebate model is legally permissible and needed to improve the integrity of the 340B program.
The drug company faces civil monetary penalties and the termination of its Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement.
Eighty hospitals want a reversal of a final rule that includes Medicare Advantage in payment calculations.
J&J would become the ultimate arbiter of whether a rebate should be approved and paid, AHA says.
J&J alerted 340B hospitals that it will replace upfront discounts with rebates for Stelara and Xarelto.
