Brady Questions HHS Authority To Put Forward Hospital Appeals Settlement

House Ways & Means health subcommittee chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) questions HHS' authority to settle hospitals' appeals of denied inpatient claims and is urging HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to retract what he views as an "ill thought" settlement process. Brady wants Burwell to work with lawmakers to come up with a different "fair, transparent and conclusive settlement process." Brady wrote to Burwell Tuesday (Sept. 16) that he is dismayed by HHS' reluctance to work with the committee on an equitable...