Federal Court Halts Lawsuit Over Medicare Home Health Payments

A federal court in Washington DC tossed a lawsuit against HHS over a disputed payment system that has slashed reimbursements for thousands of home health agencies since it was implemented in 2020.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in a memorandum opinion on April 26 that plaintiffs in the suit by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) failed to exhaust their administrative remedies because they “skipped the agency’s process for seeking expedited judicial review.” Because of that, the court “will grant the federal government’s motion for summary judgment.”

In denying NAHC’s own motion ...