United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of suits by the government, seeking reimbursement of Medicare expenditures, is affirmed because a settlement agreement was not a "self insurance plan" under the Medicare Secondary Provider statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/17/2002
• Published 12/17/2002

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JOLLY, DUHÉ, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alisa Beth Klein (argued), Mark Bernard Stern, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div.-Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Peter Angus Winn, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Stephen R. Goetzmann (argued), Dallas, TX, pro se, and for Loftin., Michael S. Elvin (argued), Dahm & Elvin, Fort Wayne, IN, Daniel R. Roy, Matthew Ryan Gutwein, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Zimmer, Inc., Brian P. Quirk, Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, LA, Jerry P. Sattin, Alissa Pyrich, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Advanced Medical Technology Ass'n, Amicus Curiae., Nancy Jane Marshall, Anne B. Rappold, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Reston, VA, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.