As previously reported, UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (United) is challenging CMS’s Medicare C/D Overpayment Rule as it applies to Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations. HHS sought to stay United’s lawsuit while it...more
On March 27, 2017, in conjunction with the Health Care Compliance Association annual Compliance Institute, HHS OIG released a Resource Guide for the healthcare industry to facilitate the consideration of potential options for...more
On March 27, 2017, in conjunction with the Health Care Compliance Association (“HCCA”) annual Compliance Institute (“CI”), the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released...more
On January 4, 2017, the court in the American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Burwell litigation denied HHS’s motion to reconsider, which means that HHS must comply with the court’s timeline to eliminate the Medicare appeals...more
As previously reported, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed suit against HHS in 2014 in connection with the Medicare appeals backlog and requested that the court force HHS to meet its statutory deadline for...more
On November 7, 2016, in the pending American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Burwell litigation, HHS filed a motion for summary judgment. A central focus of HHS’s motion for summary judgment is assertions that “the backlog is...more