Mississippi Federal Judge Dismisses Medicare Denial Suit On Standing

(March 4, 2021, 5:26 PM EST) -- OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge on Feb. 22 granted the Health and Human Services secretary’s motion to dismiss a Medicare denial of coverage suit, finding that because the plaintiff seeking judicial review didn’t have to pay noncovered charges and suffered no injury, he did not meet the standing requirement of Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which limits federal court jurisdiction to live “cases” or “controversies.”...