HHS:  Court Erred In Allowing Appeal Of Denied Medicare Coverage For Hospital Stays

Mealey's (November 2, 2020, 2:31 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in Connecticut incorrectly granted relief to Medicare beneficiaries placed on observation status after being admitted to the hospital as inpatients because they lack standing, improperly allowed the case to proceed as a class action and erred in concluding that the changed status constitutes a governmental deprivation of property, the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) tells the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an Oct. 27 appellant brief (Lee Barrows, et al. v. Alex Azar, No. 20-1642, 2nd Cir.)....