Hospitals’ Dispute Over Medicare Reimbursements Reaches Supreme Court

The current formula should reimburse hospitals if patients are entitled to supplementary security income benefits, more than 200 hospitals say.

Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during a press conference at the HHS headquarters in Washington, on June 28, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Hospitals serving poor people urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 7 to consider whether they are being shortchanged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The case, Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, will be heard on Nov. 5.