Hospital groups had filed a federal lawsuit in March in an attempt to void the regulations; on Friday, a district court judge’s ruling set them aside. It is now up to the Bush administration to decide whether to republish the Medicaid rule, which CMS says will not happen before Aug. 1. For more on the suit, go here.
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