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
On March 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit published an opinion that provides Family Rehabilitation, Inc. (Family Rehab) a second chance to postpone recoupment of about $7.6 million in...more
Recently HHS announced two initiatives to address the mounting Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge level: (i) expand the Settlement Conference - Facilitation (SCF) program and (ii) offer a new Low...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