Industry Notes:
ZPIC Flaws, ALJ Wait Cited In N.C. HHA's Lawsuit
Published on Fri May 27, 2022
A new lawsuit from a North Carolina home health agency takes aim at the Medicare appeals backlog. “As a result of increasing audit activity by HHS contractors, providers have experienced extraordinary delays in the appeals process, particularly at the [Administrative Law Judge] level, which has effectively barred providers from challenging payment denials in a timely and efficient manner,” protests a [...]