Hospitals Seek Rehearing Of Site-Neutral Lawsuit

The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges will seek a rehearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of their lawsuit over Medicare pay cuts for outpatient clinic visits at certain off-campus hospital facilities. An appeals court panel recently sided with CMS and said the agency had authority to implement the cuts, overturning a decision by the district court in the hospitals’ favor. “These illegal cuts directly undercut the clear intent of...