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Lomeli v. State Dept. of Health Care Services

Injury & Tort Law, Government Benefits
Affirmed. Plaintiff sued medical providers for birth injuries that were paid for through Medi-Cal. The Department of Health Care Services put a lien...

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian v. Kent

Health Law, Government Benefits
Held that a hospital waited too long to file an administrative appeal challenging a reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursements. Affirmed that the filing was...

Forrest General Hospital v. Azar

Health Law, Government Benefits
Held that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services improperly calculated two Mississippi hospitals' Medicare reimbursements, specifically,...

Azar v. Allina Health Services

Health Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Held that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services neglected its statutory notice-and-comment obligations when it revealed a new policy that...

Estrella v. Berryhill

Government Benefits
Revived a benefit claimant's challenge to a denial of Social Security disability benefits. She contended that the ALJ should have given more weight to...

Smith v. Berryhill

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
On a question of administrative law, held that where the Social Security Administration Appeals Council has dismissed a request for review as untimely...

Benjamin v SSA

Bankruptcy Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Reversed and remanded. Plaintiff received over-payment of Social Security disability payments and the SSA sought to recoup the over-payment. Plaintiff...

Jozefyk v. Berryhill

Government Benefits
Upheld the denial of an application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income. The applicant contended, among...

U.S. ex rel. Lemon v. Nurses To Go, Inc.

Health Law, Government Benefits, Government Contracts
Revived a lawsuit brought by several employees of a hospice care provider alleging that their employer had billed Medicare improperly. Reversed the...

Reed v. Taylor

Government Benefits, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a civilly committed sexually violent predator could be required to pay for GPS monitoring or else face criminal prosecution, even though his...