Case Profile
Docket Number | 20-1312 |
Term | 2021 |
Full Name | None |
Short Name | Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation |
Petitioner | None |
Respondent | None |
Date Argued (Reargued) | Nov. 29, 2021 |
Date Decided | June 24, 2022 |
Question Presented
Whether, for purposes of calculating additional payment for hospitals that serve a "significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients," the secretary of health and human services has permissibly included in a hospital’s Medicare fraction all of the hospital’s patient days of individuals who satisfy the requirements to be entitled to Medicare Part A benefits, regardless of whether Medicare paid the hospital for those particular days.