United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiff's suit, alleging that civil money penalties imposed through a successor liability scheme violated the Medicare Act, is dismissed where the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2005
• Published 02/15/2005

Judges

• Before:  COLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  COHN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Geoffrey E. Webster, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. James P. Walsh, Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Department of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Geoffrey E. Webster, J. Randall Richards, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. James P. Walsh, Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Department of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Illinois, Jan M. Holtzman, Assistant United States Attorney, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.