LERUM v. HECKLER

No. 84-2765.

774 F.2d 210 (1985)

Eileen Burns LERUM, Executrix of the Estate of Hortense Burns, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Lerum, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mimi H. Leahy, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Eileen Lerum, sued defendant, Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, for reimbursement of hospital care costs incurred by her mother (decedent). Plaintiff is the executrix for the estate of decedent. The sole question presented is whether Medicare covers costs for services rendered in an acute care facility when, despite the patient's need for continued reimbursable medical services, the attending physician...

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