ALJ wait time nears three years

WASHINGTON - The average wait time to get a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge is 1,082 days, a 41-day increase from earlier this year and a 205-day increase since last year, according to AAHomecare. The overturn rate at the ALJ is 28.3%. The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals recently said it will no longer publish detailed workload information showing the breakdown of the number and type of appeals at the ALJ; however, it has offered to share DMEPOS-specific data with AAHomecare.