United States Ninth Circuit

42 CFR 413.13, which eliminated the carry-forward exception to the lower cost or charges principle of reimbursing Medicare providers, is valid under the Medicare Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2001
• Decided 01/04/2002
• Published 01/04/2002

Judges

• Before:  PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan P. Neustadter,Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., Los Angeles, California, Ronald N. Sutter, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C., Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard K. Waterman, Department of Health & Human Services, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.