U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Mar. 17, 2011
Hospice Reimbursement Ruling Upheld
A 9th Circuit panel upheld a ruling striking down a regulation capping hospice reimbursements for Medicare beneficiaries but concludes the district court went too far in enjoining enforcement of the regulation nationwide.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Central District ruling striking down the Department of Health and Human Services' hospice cap regulation - the method by which the department caps reimbursements for hospice care to Medicare beneficiaries - as arbitrary. But the panel concluded U.S. District Judge George H. Wu went too far in issuing an injunc...
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