Secretary Of Health And Human Services Refutes Medicare Beneficiaries’ Arguments

Mealey's (March 14, 2019, 5:56 PM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services on March 6 replied to Medicare beneficiaries’ opposition to his second motion for summary judgment in the beneficiaries’ class complaint filed in a Colorado federal court, arguing that the beneficiaries have failed to demonstrate that there is any genuine issue of material fact regarding whether class members who have been hospitalized since Oct. 1, 2013, have “a protected property interest in inpatient admission” (Christina Alexander, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, No. 11-1703, D. Conn.)....