United States Ninth Circuit
CMTY. HOSP. OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA v. THOMPSON, 01-17512, 02-15115
A policy requiring hospitals to submit evidence that they had billed Medi-Cal for co-insurance and deductible obligations, and received a refusal to pay, was a reasonable interpretation of the Medicare reimbursement system.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/04/2002
- Decided 03/18/2003
- Published 03/18/2003
Judges
- Before STAPLETON,O'SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Suzanne K. Yurk (argued), David W. Shapiro, Jocelyn Burton, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee., Sanford E. Pitler (argued), Carol Sue Janes, Vickie Joseph Williams, Seattle, WA; Donald W. Carlson, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.