80 hospitals sue HHS over Medicare Advantage Days payment rule
Becker's Healthcare September 13, 2024
Eighty hospitals are seeking to have the Part C (Medicare Advantage) Days Final rule vacated, alleging that HHS unlawfully reduced disproportionate hospital share payments by an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion over a nine-year period.
Five things to know:
1. The eighty hospitals, which include those owned by Cleveland Clinic and Renton, Wash.-based Providence, are suing HHS in Washington, D.C., federal court.
2. In June 2023, CMS issued the Part C Days Final Rule. That rule finalized a proposal to include Medicare Advantage...