TX Wants Court To Back 1115 Waiver, CMS Says Appeal Comes First

Texas wants a federal district court to stop CMS from walking back a 10-year extension of the state’s uncompensated care demonstration program, but CMS says the earlier decision by the Trump administration to waive Texas’s notice-and-comment requirements before approving the extension was illegal and the recission is necessary to correct course. CMS also says the Eastern District Court of Texas, where the lawsuit was filed, doesn’t have jurisdiction over the case, as Texas has also filed an appeal with the...