Court Dismisses AHA Lawsuit -- Says Congress & HHS Should Fix Appeals Backlogs, Not Courts

The federal DC District Court dismissed the American Hospital Association's lawsuit to compel HHS to turn around Medicare appeals decisions on time -- within 90 days at the third level of appeals -- and ruled that Congress and HHS should solve the problem, not the courts. The AHA said it plans to appeal the dismissal. US District Court Judge James Boasberg said he sympathizes with the hospitals but it's not his place to intervene. “In the end, here is the...