Beneficiary Advocates Sue HHS Over Home Health Denials

The Center for Medicare Advocacy, along with Vermont Legal Aid, sued HHS Friday (Dec. 19) over alleged Medicare denials of home health services for beneficiaries who appeals judges have previously recognized as homebound, but Medicare contractors say are not. The lawsuit seeks to compel CMS to follow what the groups allege are the agency's own rules and to give the proper consideration to decisions about whether a beneficiary is homebound that are handed down by Administrative Law Judges. The lawsuit...