SMITH v. NORTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL REVIEW ASS'N

Nos. 83-4290, 83-4348.

735 F.2d 168 (1984)

Dr. Joseph M. SMITH and Lincoln General Hospital, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL REVIEW ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. RAPIDES MEDICAL CENTER, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. NORTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL REVIEW ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyllie & Fraiche, Danielle M. Lombardo, Donna D. Fraiche, Metairie, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Suzanne Cochran, H.H.S., Frank V. Smith, III, Charlene M. Seifert, Dallas, Tex., Evans, Feist, Auer, Keene & Thompson, Frances O. Allen, George H. Mills, Jr., Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Dosite H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for Blue Cross.

Wilkinson & Carmody, Shreveport, La., Howard B. Gist, Jr., Alexander, La., for St. Francis Cabrini.

Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Shreveport, Dosite H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Suzanne Cochran, Dept. of H.H.S., Charlene M. DeBolt Seifert, Dallas, Tex., Evans, Feist, Auer, Keene & Thompson, Frances O. Allen, George H. Mills, Jr., Shreveport, La., for Heckler.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In these cases the plaintiffs, providers of medical services, seek injunctive and declaratory relief against the North Louisiana Medical Review Association, a peer review organization established under the Medicare Act, and various officials associated with it (collectively referred to as NLMRA). Plaintiffs seek to prevent defendants from taking certain action which would hamper plaintiffs' ability to receive payment for services rendered...

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