Following several lines of litigation, a federal court has again ordered the HHS Secretary to justify his FY 2004 outlier rulemaking in light of Administrative Procedure Act requirements. In District Hospital Partners v....more
On July 25, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that HHS violated the terms of the Medicare statute by failing to undertake notice-and-comment rulemaking in implementing its...more
On August 2, 2016, CMS released a final rule (Final Rule) with updates to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Hospital IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) affecting...more
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Value-Based Purchasing