Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Medicare Overpayment Lawsuit Brought by Home Health Agency for Failing to Complete Administrative Review
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/06/21
On June 3, 2021, the Seventh Circuit upheld a decision by the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois to dismiss a home health agency’s lawsuit against a Medicare integrity contractor for temporarily suspending Medicare payments because the home health agency did not complete the administrative review process. The Seventh Circuit held in an unsigned, unpublished decision, that federal courts lacked jurisdiction over claims “arising from” the Medicare Act until after a final...
By: King & Spalding