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Court in Northern District of Texas Finds Elevance Health’s Drop in Ratings Proper

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On August 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied Plaintiff Elevance Health’s (“Elevance”) motion for summary judgment against HHS and CMS. Elevance’s lawsuit alleges that HHS and...more

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Ninth Circuit Vacates Low-Wage-Index Policy

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On December 11, 2024, the Ninth Circuit struck down an HHS policy that boosted the wage index, and therefore the Medicare reimbursement rate, for hospitals in low-income communities in Kaweah Delta Health Care District v....more

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Fifth Circuit Upholds ACA Risk Adjustment Program

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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HHS Wins Summary Judgment Against Hospitals Disputing CMS’s Treatment of Part C Days as Days “Entitled to Part A” for Purposes of...

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On August 17, 2016 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of HHS in a dispute over whether Part C days can be treated as “days entitled to benefits under Part A” for...more

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D.C. District Court Invalidates CMS’s “Protest” Requirement

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On August 19, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a group of hospitals’ motion for summary judgment against HHS in a challenge of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board’s (PRRB) denial...more

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