5th Circuit Won't Reinstate Medicare Recoupment Challenge

Mealey's (September 21, 2020, 2:09 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Medicare provider fighting recoupment of payments had the opportunity to be heard in the first two of the four-step appeals process where it received a reduction in the amount owed, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said Sept. 18 in affirming (Sahara Health Care Inc. v. Alex. M. Azar II, et al., No. 18-41120, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 29927)....