Summit Nursing Home, Inc. v. United States

Plaintiff, a Maryland corporation, is a provider of skilled nursing care to persons eligible for those services under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395, et seq., commonly referred to as the Medicare program. Plaintiff brought this action to recover the sum of $47,189. This amount had been allowed'for accelerated depreciation and paid as a reasonable cost reimbursement owed plaintiff for services as a provider of skilled nursing care under the Medicare program, but the $47,189 was subsequently recaptured by the defendant through its agent, Mutual of Omaha, pursuant to 20 C.F.R. §…