United States Sixth Circuit

In an action challenging a Department of Health and Human Services regulation preventing hospitals from recovering certain bad debts from Medicare beneficiaries, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the Medicare statutory scheme is clear on its face and does not allow for the exception plaintiffs sought to the statutory reduction in Medicare reimbursement for bad debt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2009
• Published 07/30/2009

Judges

• Before:  CLAY and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  JORDAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Andrew S. Doctoroff, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  Steven P. Croley, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Andrew S. Doctoroff, Kenneth R. Marcus, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  Elizabeth J. Larin, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.