Labs lose challenge to multi-billion Medicare cut

Modern Healthcare: A group of clinical laboratories on Friday lost their legal challenge to a multibillion-dollar Medicare reimbursement cut.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed the complaint Friday, saying the laboratories can't challenge the lost reimbursement funding in court.

"While the court acknowledges that plaintiff's arguments on the merits raise important questions … Congress expressly precluded judicial review of issues such as these, and the court has no jurisdiction to hear the case," Jackson wrote in her decision.

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