A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a lower court’s denial of Florida’s move to block the federal government from enforcing a policy that would increase oversight of a specific tax the state levies on hospitals to fund its Medicaid program.
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services didn’t exceed its statutory authority when it reinterpreted which kinds of hospital tax arrangements amounted to impermissible “hold harmless” agreements in a 2023 guidance document.
At the same time, the Eleventh Circuit will reverse the district court’s dismissal of the complaint and ...