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Contractual Provider Agreement Provides For Permissible Government Recoupment, Emily Santoro
Contractual Provider Agreement Provides For Permissible Government Recoupment, Emily Santoro
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A debtor healthcare provider without significant resources is unlikely to survive any prolonged disagreement with private or government payors. This challenge may be exacerbated by a debtors’ bankruptcy filing if a payor may refuses to make certain payments owed to the debtor. Therefore, whether a payors’ withholding of funds owed to a debtor hospital is considered an impermissible setoff or a permissible equitable recoupment is crucial.
This memorandum will explore whether a Medicaid/Medicare payor can withhold payments owed to a debtor, or whether such withholding violates the automatic stay. Part A will discuss withholding in healthcare bankruptcy scenarios generally. …