Mealey's (June 12, 2015, 8:55 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) burdens home health care workers providing services for Medicare recipients with “complex, unnecessary, and unauthorized physician documentation requirements,” an advocacy group argues in a June 5, 2014, complaint (National Association for Home Care & Hospice Inc. v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al., and Marilyn B. Tavenner, et al., No. 14-950, D. D.C.).

(Complaint available. Document #93-140625-007C.)

The National Association For Home Care & Hospice Inc. alleges that under ACA rules, individuals who receive home health services...