On January 22, 2016, CMS published an explanation of its FY 2004 outlier fixed-loss threshold rulemaking. The explanation was required by two 2015 federal court orders in cases brought by hospitals challenging the outlier...more
In a decision issued May 19, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit handed hospitals a partial victory in their challenge to their Medicare outlier payments for 2004. District Hospital...more