Lawsuit to Block Medicare Marketing Fees Updated Post-Chevron

The recent US Supreme Court decision ending the Chevron doctrine made its way into a lawsuit challenging the ability of the HHS to limit compensation for field marketing organizations that help enroll people into Medicare coverage.

A nonprofit coalition of health insurance leaders and a field marketing organization (FMO) in May filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, claiming the Health and Human Services Department overstepped its legal authority by finalizing a rule that caps Medicare managed care plan payments to FMOs at $100 for helping independent insurance agents and brokers to enroll people ...