NECKETOPOULOS v. SHALALA

No. 94 Civ. 1044 (MGC).

941 F.Supp. 1382 (1996)

Helen NECKETOPOULOS, Stanley Kunitz, Bruce W. Konrad, John Rottkamp, Indra Anandasapapathy, and Massimo De Giarde, and 90 other Medicare claimants listed on Schedule "1" attached hereto, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Donna E. SHALALA, in her capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Bruce Vladeck, in his capacity as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Seymour & Craig A. Landy, New York City by Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Craig A. Landy, and Peter James Clines, for Plaintiffs.

Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York City by Jeffrey Oestericher, Assistant United States Attorney, for Defendants (Annette H. Blum, Chief Counsel, Region II David Rawson, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, of counsel).


OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

This case involves claims for reimbursement for anesthesia services under Part B of the Medicare Program. In certain regions of the country prior to 1989, reimbursement was based, in part, on a patient's age and physical condition. In 1989, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a regulation which provided that reimbursement would no longer be based on these factors. Plaintiffs claim...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases