Legal Opinion
Zille Shah v. Alex Azar, Secretary, HHS
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2019No. 17-40897; Consolidated With 17-40898PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, CIRCUIT JUDGE:
These consolidated appeals concern the revocation of two physicians' Medicare privileges. Physicians Mohammad Nawaz and Zille Shah are married. They submitted Medicare claims for services provided on dates that they were out of the country and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") revoked their billing privileges. The district court considered the two cases together and affirmed the revocation decisions of the Secretary. We consolidated their appeals and now affirm.
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Mohammad Nawaz is a Texas-based cardiologist and Zille Shah is a…
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