Posts Tagged ‘Medicare claims’
Court Reverses itself (in Part) in Laboratory Testing Case
A federal court judge in the District of Columbia has reversed his previous ruling that found Boston Heart Diagnostics Corp. was legally obligated to ensure the medical necessity of tests when submitting claims to Medicare. However, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton did not go so far as to toss the lawsuit entirely, stating that…
Read MoreBacklog Backlash: HHS Says Clearing Medicare Backlog Not Possible
Just two months after a federal judge told the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to clear through a huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals comes word from the agency that not only will it not be able to comply, but that the backlog will actually grow by the time it’s supposed to have…
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