Queen City Home Health Care Co. v. Sullivan

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Queen City Home Health Care Company appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services in Queen City’s action challenging the Secretary’s decision affirming a reasonable charge determination for seat lift chairs furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. The reasonable charge determination, known as the inherently reasonable allowance (IRA), was initially made by the Secretary’s designee Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a private insurance carrier.

Queen City raises five issues on appeal:

1. Whether Nationwide’s…