2nd Circuit:  Medicare Beneficiary Can Aggregate Claims To Meet Amount In Controversy

Mealey's (September 24, 2020, 12:10 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The text of the Medicare Act, "as reinforced by its regulatory and legislative history," allows a beneficiary to aggregate claims for similar or related services to meet the $1,500 amount-in-controversy requirement for judicial review, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Sept. 23, remanding to the district court the beneficiary's suit seeking review of the Medicare Appeals Council's denial of his claims for costs associated with a device he uses to manage his blood glucose (Jonathan A. Bloom v. Alex Azar, No. 18-2390, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 30356)....