Supreme Court rules Medicare challenge was too late to gain repayment

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled unanimously [opinion, PDF] Tuesday in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center [JURIST report] that 10-year-old final rulings for Medicare [official website; JURIST news archive] reimbursement cannot be appealed to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [official website] beyond the deadlines previously set by the Secretary of HHS, despite evidence of intentional concealment that prevented the appeals. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion for the court. The court held that...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/01/supreme-court-rules-medicare-challenge-was-too-late-to-gain-repayment.php

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