Legal Documents
American Hospital Association legal documents.
Court ORDERS that: 1) The case is STAYED until June 22, 2018; 2) By that date, Plaintiffs shall submit specific proposals (and reasons therefor) that they wish the Court to impose via mandamus and explain why current procedures are insufficient; 2) By July 6, 2018, the Government will respond,…
Plaintiffs’ notice of supplemental authority (ECF No. 78) asserts that HHS could reduce the Medicare appeals backlog by agreeing to toll the purported deadline for hospitals to file appeals related to the 340B Drug Discount Program pending the resolution of American Hospital Association v. Azar, No…
The plaintiff hospitals and hospital trade associations seek to challenge a final rule that, in relevant part, adjusted for calendar year 2018 the payments made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS or Payment System) in…
Filed 02-15-2018
NO. 18-5004; THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALEX M. AZAR II, in his official capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees, On Appeal from a Final Judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, (Honorable Rudolph Contreras)
AHA, Hospitals' lawsuit to require HHS to meet deadlines for deciding appeals.
Reply Memorandum in Support of AHA and Hospitals' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment.
Plaintiffs' summary-judgment motion granted.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, three hospital associations and three hospital systems, move to expedite this appeal from an order dismissing Appellants' complaint and denying a preliminary injunction that would have suspended implementation on January 1, 2018, of a new HHS rule drastically reducing payment…