AHA Pushes For Settlements, RAC Changes To Fix Appeals Backlog

The American Hospital Association is asking a federal judge to require that HHS offer broad appeals settlements to providers, delay making providers repay denied claims, and penalize Recovery Auditors for poor performance at the third level of appeals. Another option is to make HHS reduce the backlog every year until it is eliminated before 2021, the lobby group told the judge following a meeting at which it says the judge asked hospitals to suggest remedies for the backlog. “The parties...