Equitable Tolling Medicare Payments: Case Analysis

Equitable Tolling Medicare Payments: Case Analysis

The case was decided by Roberts’s court, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writing the unanimous opinion for the court. The case was appealed by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit. The case was under docket number 11-1231, and the parties in the case included the petitioner who was Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, and the respondent that was Auburn Regional Medical Center. The case was decided on January 22, 2013 (OYEZ, 2012).

Facts

Hospitals always receive compensation based on the number of their patients that are low-income earners from the federal government. The amount of this payment is decided by The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).…