COUNCIL FOR UROLOGICAL INTERESTS v. BURWELL

No. 13-5235.

790 F.3d 212 (2015)

COUNCIL FOR UROLOGICAL INTERESTS, Appellant v. Sylvia Mathews BURWELL, in her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon A. Coffee argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Thomas L. Mills , Steffen N. Johnson , and Erica E. Stauffer.

Jeffrey E. Sandberg , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and Michael S. Raab , Attorney. Christine N. Kohl , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion dissenting from Part II.B filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.


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The Secretary of Health and Human Services issued regulations that effectively prohibit physicians who lease medical equipment to hospitals from referring their Medicare patients to these same hospitals for outpatient care involving that equipment. The regulations accomplish this through two separate provisions. The first prohibits physicians from charging hospitals for leased equipment on a per-use basis when the physicians also refer patients to the hospital...

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