Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Petitioner v. Allina Health Services, et al.

  1. November 21, 2019

    HHS Attys Say High Court Ruling Curbs Billing Enforcement

    Top attorneys at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently concluded that a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling restricts the government's ability to take enforcement actions against improper Medicare billing, an internal memo shows.

  2. June 21, 2019

    Biggest Health And Life Sci Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Report

    The first half of 2019 saw an extraordinary eruption of important court decisions likely to leave lasting marks on the opioid crisis, the False Claims Act, the Affordable Care Act and Medicare reimbursement. Here, Law360 takes stock of consequential health care and life sciences rulings that lawyers need to know.

  3. June 03, 2019

    Attorneys React To High Court's HHS Rulemaking Decision

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to avoid seeking public comment on a multibillion-dollar Medicare policy — a ruling that could reverberate across HHS' vast agenda of policymaking.

  4. June 03, 2019

    High Court Rejects HHS Shortcut On Hospital Pay Policy

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services improperly failed to seek public feedback before announcing a policy that implicates billions of dollars in hospital reimbursement.

  5. January 15, 2019

    High Court Wary Of Skipped HHS Rulemaking On Hospital Pay

    U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' refusal to conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking when outlining a Medicare reimbursement policy that affects billions of dollars in hospital payments.

  6. January 01, 2019

    Health Care Cases To Watch In 2019

    The health care industry in 2019 will watch with bated breath as a guillotine hangs over the Affordable Care Act, historic litigation involving the opioid crisis heads to trial and the murky meaning of a landmark False Claims Act decision becomes clearer. Here, Law360 gets attorneys up to speed on must-watch cases in the year ahead.

  7. November 15, 2018

    Notice Requirement Would Undermine Medicare, HHS Says

    Requiring a notice-and-comment period anytime the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services instructs its billing contractors on Medicare reimbursement policies would undermine the government’s ability to administer the program, HHS has told the U.S. Supreme Court.

  8. September 28, 2018

    5 High Court Battles Health Cos. Should Keep An Eye On

    Health care companies will be keeping an eagle eye on potential blockbuster cases after the U.S. Supreme Court's new term gets underway Monday, including fights over patient privacy, Medicare reimbursement, False Claims Act liability and abortion rights. Here, Law360 summarizes five important battles to watch.

  9. September 27, 2018

    Supreme Court To Weigh HHS Billing Notice Duties

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must engage in formal rulemaking before instructing its billing contractors on Medicare reimbursement policies.

  10. April 30, 2018

    HHS Seeks High Court Review Of Medicare Payments Ruling

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review a D.C. Circuit decision finding that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services acted improperly when it changed its methods for calculating reimbursements to hospitals for uncompensated care in 2012.