Legal Opinion
Public Citizen, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 20, 2003No. Nos. 01-5294 & 01-5298PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
When a Medicare beneficiary files a complaint with a Peer Review Organization (PRO) about the quality of medical services that he or she has received, the Peer Review Improvement Act requires the PRO to “inform the individual ... of the organization’s final disposition of the complaint.” 42 U.S.C. § 1320c-3(a)(14). According to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of the Department of Health and Human Sendees (HHS), a PRO can comply with this requirement by sending the complainant a form letter that merely…
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