Recent Highlights
February 4, 2010 -- Fenton Nelson attorneys successfully obtained a writ of attachment in excess of $400,000 against downtown hospital Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (LAMMC). The writ entitles Fenton Nelson's client to freeze hospital assets. The proceedings followed months of negotiations during which LAMMC had refused to honor its payment obligations. When it became clear that the hospital had no intention to pay voluntarily, Fenton Nelson sues to enforce the contracts. Seeking to delay the matter, LAMMC argued that the parties were required to undergo arbitration. Fenton Nelson successfully persuaded the Los Angeles Superior Court that its client was entitled to provisional relief by writ of attachment.
January 7, 2010 -- Fenton Nelson appealed a Medicare post-payment review determination that a physician was required to repay over one million dollars. At hearing before the Office of Medicare Hearing Appeals, Fenton Nelson presented extensive witness testimony to refute the Medicare auditors' claims. The administrative law judge reduced the repayment amount to under ten thousand dollars.
November 1, 2009 -- Fenton Nelson attorneys successfully overturned a temporary withhold imposed by the Medi-Cal Program on a home health provider. While the appeal process is often considered a "rubber stamp" process in which Medi-Cal providers are not entitled to any face-to-face hearing, Fenton Nelson presented overwhelming documentary evidence that the temporary withhold was unjustified. A Medi-Cal hearing officer concluded that there was no basis for the withhold to remain in place.
January 7, 2010 -- Fenton Nelson appealed a Medicare post-payment review determination that a physician was required to repay over one million dollars. At hearing before the Office of Medicare Hearing Appeals, Fenton Nelson presented extensive witness testimony to refute the Medicare auditors' claims. The administrative law judge reduced the repayment amount to under ten thousand dollars.
November 1, 2009 -- Fenton Nelson attorneys successfully overturned a temporary withhold imposed by the Medi-Cal Program on a home health provider. While the appeal process is often considered a "rubber stamp" process in which Medi-Cal providers are not entitled to any face-to-face hearing, Fenton Nelson presented overwhelming documentary evidence that the temporary withhold was unjustified. A Medi-Cal hearing officer concluded that there was no basis for the withhold to remain in place.
