Judge Dismisses Medicare Coverage Complaint, Cites Failure To Exhaust Remedies

Mealey's (December 15, 2022, 8:53 AM EST) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge dismissed a Medicare beneficiary’s complaint asserting that his insurer, a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO), wrongfully failed to cover the retreatment for his root canal, finding that because the beneficiary failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, the court did not have subject matter jurisdiction....