Industry Resources | June 25, 2019
Supreme Court Ruling in Azar v. Allina Health Services
On June 3, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued this final ruling on the case Azar v. Allina Health Services. The ruling states that because the Department of Health and Human Services neglected its statutory notice-and-comment obligations when it revealed a new policy that dramatically – and retroactively – reduced Medicare payments to hospitals serving low-income patients, its policy must be vacated . . .