Hospital, US Drop Suit on Drug Discount Plan Purchase Policy (1)

The US Department of Health and Human Services and a Kentucky-based hospital agreed to drop a lawsuit over a government audit determining the health provider violated a policy that limits purchases under a federal a drug discount program.

The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice after the HHS and TJ Samson Community Hospital agreed on a settlement, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

“We appreciate the opportunity to resolve this matter and move forward,” TJ Samson’s CEO, Neil Thornbury, said in a statement. “Throughout this process, our focus has ...