Recent Highlights

Fenton Nelson attorneys successfully obtained a writ of attachment in excess of $400,000 against Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (LAMMC).  The proceedings followed months of negotiations during which Fenton Nelson had attempted to persuade LAMMC to honor payment obligations to Fenton Nelson's client, an organization formerly contracted to the hospital. When negotiations broke down, Fenton Nelson sued on behalf of the client and sought a writ seeiking seizure of hospital assets.  The Los Angeles Superior Court agreed that the client was entitled to provisional relief by writ of attachment.

Fenton Nelson successfully appealed a Medicare post-payment review on behalf of a physician client who had been ordered to repay over one million dollars to the Medicare Program.  At a hearing before the Office of Medicare Hearing Appeals, Fenton Nelson presented extensive witness testimony to refute the Medicare auditors' claims that services has failed to qualify for Medicare coverage.  Based on the evidence presented, the administrative law judge reduced the repayment amount to under ten thousand dollars.

Fenton Nelson attorneys successfully overturned a temporary withhold imposed by the Medi-Cal Program on a home health provider.  As a result of the fact that current law does not require an in-person hearing, providers often face an uphill battle in appealing the California Department of Health Care Services' withholds, which freeze reimbursement funds, and suspensions, which prevent future reimbursement.   Nonetheless, Fenton Nelson submitted written evidence that persuaded a Medi-Cal hearing officer that there was no basis for the withhold to remain in place against its client, a home health care agency that serves children with disabilities.