CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER v. HECKLER

No. 82-2121.

578 F.Supp. 39 (1983)

CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER, et al. v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

June 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lee Brown, Tenn. Hosp. Ass'n, Nashville, Tenn., Robert E. Klein and Richard A. Jones, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Joe Brown, U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., Jeannie Schulte Scott and Dennis S. Diaz, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

MORTON, Chief Judge.

This case is before the court upon cross-motions for summary judgment. At issue is the propriety of a regulation found at 42 C.F.R. § 405.452(b)(1)(ii), which is referred to as the "Malpractice Rule." The rule's function has been to restructure the manner in which reimbursement for the cost of malpractice insurance premiums is made to plaintiffs and other health care providers under the Medicare program.

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