Jimmo v. Burwell, Order & Opinion Adopting Defendant’s Corrective Action Plan & Mandating Two Additional Requirements

On February 1, 2017, the Federal Court for the District of Vermont published this opinion and order for<em> Jimmo v. Burwell </em>. The opinion and order is related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) settlement in Jimmo v. Burwell, in which CMS agreed to cover skilled nursing and home health therapy services for beneficiaries unable to make continued improvement but whose condition would deteriorate without the therapies. The opinion and order proposes that the defendant's corrective action plan be adopted with the addition of two more requirements. The document covers the . . .