COLORADO MEDICAL SOC. v. HICKENLOOPER

Supreme Court Case No. 12SC671.

349 P.3d 1133 (2015)

2015 CO 41

COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY, a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation, and the Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists, a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation, Petitioners v. John HICKENLOOPER, in his official capacity as the Governor of Colorado, Respondent and Colorado Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Colorado Nurses Association, and Colorado Hospital Association, Intervenors-Respondents

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner Colorado Medical Society: Martin Conklin P.C., John L. Conklin , Jerome R. Geraghty , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Petitioner Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists: Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Joseph J. Bronesky , Frederick Y. Yu , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Respondent: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, LeeAnn Morrill , First Assistant Attorney General, Matthew David Grove , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Intervenor-Respondent Colorado Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Miles & Peters, P.C., Fred Miles , Peggy Kozal , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Intervenor-Respondent Colorado Nurses Association: Caplan and Earnest LLC, W. Stuart Stuller , Linda L. Siderius , Boulder, Colorado

Attorneys for Intervenor-Respondent Colorado Hospital Association: Polsinelli PC, Gerald Niederman , Bennett L. Cohen , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Medical Association and American Society of Anesthesiologists, Gordon & Rees LLP, John R. Mann , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Hospital Association, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Christopher O. Murray , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and American Nurses Association, Duane Morris LLP, Mark J. Silberman , Elinor L. Hart , Chicago, Illinois

Husch Blackwell, LLP, Jeffrey D. Whitney , Denver, Colorado

En Banc


¶ 1 Under federal regulations, in order for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers to receive Medicare reimbursement, certified registered nurse anesthetists ("CRNAs") who administer anesthesia must do so under a physician's supervision. A state may opt out of this...

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