Monitor Mondays

The preponderance of ambiguously worded regulations from federal agencies – think the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – will be at the center of a major legal challenge coming March 26 to the nation’s highest court, and you’ll hear the details here during this edition of Monitor Mondays.That’s when Jennifer Gustafson will report our lead story, focusing on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) taking up the case of Kisor vs. Wilkie (U.S. Marine James Kisor vs. the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).The dispute is over denied Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits. In 1997, SCOTUS ruled that generally, federal courts are required to accept an administrative agency’s interpretation of its own ambiguous relations; this rule today is known as Auer deference.Gustafson is a founding shareholder with The Health Law Partners, representing hospitals, health systems, hospices, home health agencies, physicians, and other healthcare providers and suppliers in an array of legal matters.Other segments on the broadca