The US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a mandamus order on November 1 requiring HHS to clear the Medicare administrative appeals backlog by the conclusion of 2022. A dedicated $182.3 million appropriation,...more
On November 1, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) issued an order and memorandum opinion addressing the government’s current backlog of administrative appeals for Medicare...more
HHS’s Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) has long faced a backlog in Medicare appeals to Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). In an effort to address this backlog, OMHA established a Settlement Conference...more
In November 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new settlement options for providers and suppliers stuck in the backlog of the Medicare appeals process. One of the new options available is the...more