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CMTY. CARE FOUND. v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The Secretary of Health and Human Services's interpretation of section 1395ww(a)(4) of the Medicare statute, as requiring "direct" operation of the...

O'DONNELL v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of social security disability and supplemental income benefits is remanded to permit the Commissioner to more fully develop the record and to...

DAWKINS v. WITT

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs who suffered hurricane damage could not recover from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where they failed to file proof of loss...

HAIRSTON v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Family Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Petitioner is entitled to receive former spouse survivor annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System, where sufficient evidence showed that her...

ROLLAND v. ROMNEY

Elder Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The Nursing Home Reform Amendments to Medicaid require states to provide dual need nursing home residents with specialized services if screening deems...

MARKVA v. HAVEMAN

Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a class-action challenge to the Michigan Medicaid plan's methodology for calculating eligibility and benefits for relatives caring for dependent...

DAVIDSON v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Remedies
In a disaster assistance claim to the Farm Services Agency, denial of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act is affirmed, as the...

OSBORNE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An administrative law judge could rely on failure to seek mental health treatment as a basis for concluding that a Supplemental Security Income...

VENCOR, INC. v. STANDARD LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
The district court did not err in determining that the provisions of life insurance policies at issue were not ambiguous under Tennessee law, and that...

ZOLEZZI v. PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Benefits, Health Law
The federal Medicare Act does not preempt application of Health and Safety Code section 1363.1 under the circumstances, and a medical health care...