LIFESTAR AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. v. U.S.

No. 4:07-CV-89 (CDL).

604 F.Supp.2d 1372 (2009)

LIFESTAR AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., a Georgia Corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; Michael O. Leavitt in his official capacity as Secretary/Director of D.H.H.S.; Health Care Financing Administration (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services); and Leslie V. Norwalk, in her official capacity as Secretary/Administrator of H.C.F.A./C.M.S., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Columbus Division.

March 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Columbus, GA, Khristie L. Kelly, Marietta, GA, Marlan B. Wilbanks, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff.

Thomas R. Barker, Acting General Counsel, Janice L. Hoffman, Associate General Counsel, Mark D. Polston, Deputy Associate General, Counsel for Litigation, Jonathan Brumer, Susan Maxson Lyons, Attorneys, U.S. Health and Human Services, Maxwell Wood, U.S. Attorney, Eric R. Womack, Sheila Lieber, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Tara Marie Lamorte, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


ORDER

CLAY D. LAND, District Judge.

This action arises from a dispute over Defendants' responsibility to set fee schedules specifying the Medicare reimbursement rates for Plaintiff, a Georgia ambulance service provider. Plaintiff's amended complaint asserts that Defendants failed to comply with the congressional directive requiring the implementation of these fee schedules by certain dates. Plaintiff...

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