District Court Again Asks Hospitals To Propose Solution To Appeals Backlog

The D.C. District Court told hospitals to come up with proposals by June 22 to clear out the backlog of Medicare appeals and to explain why current procedures are insufficient, and the government will have until July 6 to respond to those proposals, according to a recent court order. The American Hospital Association sued HHS over the appeals backlog because decisions at the Administrative Law Judge level were not turned around within 90 days as required by law. After gathering...