Averett v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.

MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

In this action, a group of Tennessee physicians who provide primary care services to Medicaid recipients seek to invalidate an administrative rule adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"). The rule relates to a physician's eligibility for enhanced payments for primary care services under Medicaid. The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment. (See Pls.' Mot. for Summ. J., ECF # 22; Defs.' Cross-Mot. for Summ. J., ECF # 29.) For the reasons explained below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion and DENIES…