September 12, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is attacking an American Hospital Association lawsuit aimed at clearing an epic backlog of appealed billing claim denials, telling a D.C. federal judge that providers don't have an absolute right to timely hearings.
July 14, 2014
The American Hospital Association and three members on Friday asked a D.C. federal court to force Medicare to conduct hearings on appeals of denied payments within statutory time limits, in a suit that seeks to break a logjam of reimbursement disputes.
May 23, 2014
The American Hospital Association and three members sued Medicare on Thursday in D.C. federal court over massive delays in processing appeals of denied payments, seeking an order requiring regulators to speed things up amid a glut of reimbursement disputes.