Helomics Corporation v. Burwell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) HELOMICS CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 16-546 (RMC) ) SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL, ) Secretary of the U.S. Department of ) Health and Human Services, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) OPINION This case involves the proverbial tension between form and function. Helomics Corporation is a health-care company that created a test called ChemoFx to measure the response of cancerous tumors to various chemotherapies. Novitas Solutions, Inc., a Medicare Administrative Contractor in Pennsylvania (where Helomics is located), issued…