Agency Decision At Heart Of ACA Program Deadline Spat Unreviewable, Judge Says

Mealey's (August 17, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — Courts lack jurisdiction over federal agency decisions, a judge held Aug. 2 in saying he could not reconsider a ruling dismissing claims challenging a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decision not to extend the deadline for complying with a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) cost-saving program (Physicians ACO LLC v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., No. 15-00803, S.D. Texas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121382)....