United States Sixth Circuit

In an action pursuant to the Social Security Act and Administrative Procedure Act brought by certain acute-care hospitals and participating Medicare providers challenging defendant's decision denying Medicare reimbursement for certain bad debts incurred by plaintiffs during 1999, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed as the decision disallowing Medicare reimbursement for the bad debts at issue was neither arbitrary nor inconsistent with the governing Medicare regulations, and was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2007
• Decided 08/14/2007
• Published 08/14/2007

Judges

• Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge;  BATCHELDER and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John R. Trentacosta, Foley & Lardner, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants.  Jacqueline M. Zydeck, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  John R. Trentacosta, H. William Burdett, Jr., Foley & Lardner, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants.   Jacqueline M. Zydeck, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, Illinois, J. Joseph Rossi, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.  Michael J. Philbrick, Joan L. Lowes, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath, & Lyman, Troy, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae.