New Lifecare Hospitals of North Carolina LLC v. Cochran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NEW LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF NORTH CAROLINA LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:17-cv-00237 (TNM) v. ALEX M. AZAR, II, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in his official capacity, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Four long-term care hospitals (“the Providers”) seek judicial review of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of their claims for reimbursement of deductible and coinsurance payments that Medicare beneficiaries did not pay. 1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), which…