Judge Sets Discovery Completion Date In Medicare Treatment Class Suit

Mealey's (November 3, 2017, 9:36 AM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Discovery in a class complaint accusing the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services of violating the rights of Medicare beneficiaries by placing them on “observation status” rather than admitting them as “inpatients” in order to pay lower rates must be completed, not propounded, by June 15, a Connecticut federal judge ordered on Oct. 31 (Christina Alexander, et al. v. Thomas E. Price, No. 11-1703, D. Conn.)....