Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2023
The Justice Department wants Humana’s lawsuit challenging a CMS rule that would implement stricter auditing standards on Medicare Advantage plans moved to a different court, then thrown out.
In a Dec. 18 court filing, attorneys argued Humana and its Texas subsidiary, based in Dallas, have no basis to file in the Fort Worth District.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, who presides over Fort Worth, has ruled in several high-profile healthcare cases. In 2018, he ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional and in 2022 struck down the preventive care requirement of the law, though the case is still being appealed.
Humana filed its challenge Sept. 1. In the court filing, Humana asked the judge to require CMS to...
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