Medicare Advantage Plans Lose Skirmish Over Quality Ratings Data

Three Medicare Advantage plans lost their attempt to require the CMS to collect data on patient care and satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic, as a federal court said the agency hadn’t exceeded its statutory authority in suspending the collection.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted the Health and Human Services Department’s motion for summary judgment and denied AvMed Inc.'s motion for summary judgment and preliminary injunction due to its finding that the agency action wasn’t arbitrary and capricious.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an April 2020 interim final rule that suspended ...