Medicare appeals
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Motion for a preliminary injunction ordering HHS and CMS to hear individual appeals immediately for coverage of QLT/Novartis' ophthalmic photodynamic treatment for age-related macular degeneration patients with occult lesions, by plaintiffs Jalbert et al., is denied. Washington, D.C. federal court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled a Dec. 9 deadline for parties to set a briefing and discovery schedule and will hold a status conference Dec. 12...