Judge Reverses HHS’s Denial Of Claim For Medicare Benefits For $29,860 Treatment

Mealey's (June 1, 2018, 2:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Washington on May 30 reversed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to deny Medicare Part B coverage for a claimant’s intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) treatment but denied the claimant’s request for further declaratory and injunctive relief (Arturo C. Porzecanski v. Alex M. Azar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 16-2064, D. D.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89421)....