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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Two Recent Federal Court Decisions Split on Family Rehabilitation Precedent: Fifth Circuit May Once Again Determine Providers’...

Two United States District Courts in Louisiana and Illinois issued split decisions within two weeks of each other on the dire financial issues facing providers every day under the discretionary “penal recoupment” system the...more

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Judicial Opinions Support Delay of Recoupment from Audit Appeals Until After ALJ Hearings in Certain Circumstances

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Recent opinions by the Fifth Circuit, the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, and the District of South Carolina offer hope to providers seeking relief from substantial monetary recoupments during the Medicare appeals...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Medicare Overpayment Recoupment Halted by Court

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In a recent decision, the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, granted a health care provider a preliminary injunction to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") from withholding Medicare payments...more

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CMS Recoupment Efforts Stopped by Court While Overpayment Appeals Are Pending

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Providers and suppliers who have been assessed overpayments for Medicare services are entitled, by statute, to a stay of recoupment while the provider or supplier’s appeal is pending – but only at the first two levels of...more

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Fifth Circuit Decision is Rare Victory Permitting District Court to Enjoin Recoupment Before Provider Exhausts Administrative...

The all-too-common story of a healthcare company declaring bankruptcy in the face of aggressive Medicare recoupment actions before the company even has a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may get a new ending –...more

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Court of Appeals Reverses D.D.C. Order Requiring HHS to Eliminate Medicare Appeals Backlog by December 31, 2020

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Hopes were dashed for sooner relief from the backlog of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appeals. With the backlog of Medicare reimbursement appeals steadily growing, a reversal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...more

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Medicare Claims Appeals Process - A Refresher

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With the increased audit activity we are seeing among the alphabet soup of Medicare contractors— RACs, ZPICs, SMRCs, CERTs, etc.—now appears to be a good time for a refresher on the Medicare claims appeals process. Due to...more

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HHS Publishes Final Rule Overhauling the Medicare Appeals Process

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule revamping the Medicare appeals process at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level on January 17, 2017. The final rule extensively revises federal...more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Hospital Did Not Have A Right to an ALJ Hearing Within 90 Days

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On March 7, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of hospital system’s request for a mandamus order directing HHS to provide a hearing before an...more

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