In a potential watershed decision issued on February 26, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled, in U.S. ex rel. Taylor v. Healthcare Associates of Texas, that the civil penalties...more
On behalf of two of the state’s largest healthcare associations — the Georgia Hospital Association (“GHA”) and the Medical Association of Georgia (“MAG”) — AGG Healthcare attorneys Jason Bring, Jerad Rissler, and Lisa Churvis...more
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The financial stakes are often very high for providers when statistical sampling and extrapolation is used to calculate an alleged Medicare overpayment. In post-payment audits involving extrapolation, an actual claims denial...more
As you likely are aware, Medicare hospice payments were reduced by two percent in accordance with a sequestration order issued March 1, 2013, pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act....more