United States Tenth Circuit

In an action seeking access to medical records in an investigation into a homeless patient's death, a hospital's emergency department did not qualify as a "program" within the meaning of the Confidentiality Provisions of 42 C.F.R. section 2, et seq.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY and McKAY, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terry L. Fowler (Mark J. Ivandick with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sharon E. Caulfield (W. Stuart Stuller with her on the brief) of Caplan and Earnest, LLC, Boulder, CO, for Defendants-Appellees.