A Florida safety net hospital sued the US health-care agency for allegedly miscalculating its Medicare reimbursement for treating low-income patients.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claims the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services inaccurately calculated a Medicare supplemental reimbursement formula used to pay Sebring, Florida-based Highlands Regional Medical Center for taking on a disproportionate share of poor and uninsured patients.
The complaint centers on a CMS requirement that all Medicaid recipients not eligible for Medicare be included in its reimbursement formula to safety net hospitals. The hospital alleges that the ...
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