LifeNet, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (LifeNet I)
E.D. Tex. · Updated
Summary
An air ambulance provider challenged the air ambulance IDR provisions of the September 2021 interim final rule. On July 26, 2022, the Eastern District of Texas entered judgment for LifeNet and vacated the final sentence of the provisions directing how IDR entities weigh the QPA in air ambulance disputes. LifeNet's later challenges were consolidated into TMA II and TMA III.
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Final judgment for LifeNet; final sentence of 45 C.F.R. § 149.520(b)(2) and parallel Treasury and Labor provisions of the September 2021 interim final rule vacated.
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Why it matters
LifeNet I extended the TMA I reasoning to air ambulance disputes, so the QPA presumption was removed for both provider types before the Departments issued their August 2022 final rule.
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