Central Alabama Comprehensive Health Care, Inc. v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This case is again before the court as the defendants seek to avoid discovery in this case, this time via a motion to stay the proceedings. The plaintiffs, community-health providers, are suing various drug manufacturers, alleging that the plaintiffs over-reimbursed the defendants under the federal government’s 340B drug discount plan. In their complaint, the plaintiffs cite a June 2004 report prepared by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that concluded that health plans had over-reimbursed…