HHS Secretary: No Protected Interest For Class Over Medicare Hospital Designation

Mealey's (November 13, 2019, 2:43 PM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — The secretary of Health and Human Services in an Oct. 31 post-trial brief tells a Connecticut federal court that a class of Medicare recipients have no protected property interest and no “state action” concerning the classification of their hospital services under Medicare rules (Christina Alexander, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, No. 11-1703, D. Conn.)....