The average processing time for appeals decided or dismissed in the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level is 1,302.9 days.
 
That’s the processing time for all appeals, not just home health.
 
 
Meanwhile, the percentage of appeals that result in fully favorable rulings continues to drop while the percentage of appeals that are dismissed continues to rise. View that data at https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/omha/about/current-workload/decision-statistics/index.html.
 
Fiscal year
Number of days
2019 (First quarter)
1,302.9
2018
1,193.9
2017
1,108.7
2016
877.2
2015
661.8
2014
414.9
2013
220.6
2012
134.5
2011
121.3
2010
109.6
2008
94.9
Source: HHS