On June 26, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Kisor v. Wilkie. After hearing oral arguments in March, the Court considered whether to overrule the Auer deference standard, the long-standing doctrine...more
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Veterans' Benefits
On May 9, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling denying hospitals from including New Jersey Charity Care Program (NJCCP) patients in the hospitals’ disproportionate...more
On January 17, 2017, HHS published its final rule addressing modifications to the Medicare benefit claim appeals process. The final rule seeks to reduce the significant backlog of pending Medicare appeals and streamline the...more