The legal dispute between Empire Health Foundation and HHS first began in 2009. Empire Health Foundation sued HHS, arguing that a change in the formula used by the department to calculate disproportionate share hospital payments caused it to lose out on reimbursement it was owed.
Specifically, the lawsuit takes issue with a Medicare policy change that included a new methodology for allocating Medicare Part C days in the disproportionate share hospital formula.
The court ruled that sending the case back to HHS is the “most efficient course” for resolving the case, in light of a forthcoming rule from the agency addressing the calculation in question.
