AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION et al v. SEBELIUS

  1. September 12, 2014

    HHS Urges End To Hospitals' Appeals Backlog Suit

    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.

  2. July 14, 2014

    AHA Asks DC Judge To Force Medicare To Hear Appeals

    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.

  3. May 23, 2014

    AHA Sues Medicare Over Huge Appeals Backlog

    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.