The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals will hold a meeting next month for those appealing Medicare claims to discuss various agency attempts to handle the appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge, or third level, of the appeals system, the office announced in the Federal Register Friday (Jan. 3). The appeals office says it is taking steps -- including prioritizing beneficiary appeals -- to "mitigate the workload increase" and is planning more activities going forward to make the system more efficient.
