Nursing Homes Sue U.S. Health Department Over Use Of Arbitration Agreements

(September 9, 2019, 2:33 PM EDT) -- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two nursing homes on Sept. 4 sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and their respective secretary and administrator in an Arkansas federal court, alleging that they have been “trying to weaken arbitration in the context of longterm care facilities, such as nursing homes” despite statutory law and precedent (Northport Health Services of Arkansas LLC, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 19-5168, W.D. Ark.)....

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