Healthcare DIVE July 3, 2024
Experts predict a wave of litigation will follow the Chevron ruling, which raised the bar for healthcare agencies when implementing laws with unclear intent.
Dive Brief:
- Hackensack Meridian Health filed a lawsuit against HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Friday — the same day that the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine — targeting the implementation of Medicare.
- The lawsuit, filed in a Washington D.C. federal court, challenges the formula for disproportionate share hospital payments, and says the agency deprived hospitals of sufficient data to check their reimbursement rates.
- The suit was triggered by the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn a decades-old policy allowing federal agencies to interpret vague statutes when crafting regulations. Experts, including credit agency Moody’s...
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