The long-running saga of the Medicare appeals backlog added a new chapter that may give frustrated stakeholders a new remedy.[1] On March 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a home health agency may pursue a claim against the Secretary of HHS for failing to provide a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge within a reasonable time. Family Rehabilitation, Incorporated v. Azar, No. 17-11337 (5th Cir., Mar. 27, 2018).
In this case, Family Rehabilitation (“Family”) received a notice from a Medicare Zone Integrity Program Contractor ...
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