Suit Challenging Rule Prohibiting Nursing Home Arbitration

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) sued the Department of Health and Human Services whose Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule barring nursing homes from entering into pre-dispute arbitration agreements with residents.

The suit, citing the Federal Arbitration Act, asks that the court find the arbitration rule unlawful and stop enforcement of the rule after its effective date of November 28, 2016.  

Coverage of this suit by National Public Radio, and the National Law Review.