Response Of Federal Department Of Health And Human Services In Support Of Motion To Vacate Permanent Injunction In Florida Medical Association v. HEW
May 3, 2012
The federal Department Of Health And Human Services supported vacating an injunction dating from 1979 that prohibits Medicare from disclosing how much it pays individual physicians in fee-for-service Medicare reimbursements. The injunction was issued in a lawsuit filed by the Florida Medical Association. In issuing the injunction, the judge ruled that disclosing physician payment information in the Medicare Carrier Standard Analytic File would violate the 1974 Privacy Act.
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