Legal Opinion
Vencor Inc. v. National States Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2002No. 99-17148PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BERZON; Concurrence by Judge SNEED.
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
This case at first glance concerns a private insurance dispute but, as we shall see, implicates important questions of national health policy for senior citizens. Vencor, Inc. (“Vencor”), an operator of several hospital and nursing home facilities, is the subrogee/assignee of a Medicare supplemental insurance contract between National States Insurance Company (“NSIC”) and Clarence Rollins, a Medicare-eligible individual. In this diversity case, NSIC *1026paid Vencor Hospital-Phoenix (“Vencor Hospital”) $38,760 for…
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