Mealey's (January 30, 2020, 1:35 PM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A class of Medicare recipients and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) were asked by a federal judge in Connecticut on Jan. 28 to brief a new series of questions in a lawsuit over out-of-pocket costs for admission to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after being designated as outpatients receiving observation (Christina Alexander, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, No. 11-1703, D. Conn.)....