Mealey's (November 29, 2016, 1:31 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saying the agency simply wants the last word in a dispute involving “clear statutory violations” arising from Medicare’s excessive appeal backlog, a hospital group on Nov. 28 asked a federal judge in the District of Columbia not to allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to file further briefing (American Hospital Association, et al. v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., No. 14-851, D. D.C.)....