5th Circuit Rejects Daubert Challenge To Medicare Overpayment Calculation

Mealey's (January 17, 2020, 9:21 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 15 upheld the federal government’s calculations in its determination that a Texas home health care provider owes more than $12 million for Medicare overpayments, affirming that a Daubert analysis is not needed for agency actions (Palm Valley Health Care, Inc. v. Alex M. Azar II, No. 18-41067, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1371)....