Order In American Hospital Association, et al. v. Burwell, et al.

On January 4, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) published this order in American Hospital Association, et al. v. Burwell, et al. The order comes after the Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs and ordered the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce the Medicare-appeals backlog by certain numeric targets set through the end of 2020.

In response to this action, the Secretary brought a Motion to Reconsider under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), arguing that reconsideration is necessary to correct a clear error and prevent . . .