Legal Opinion
Warder v. Shalala
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 1998No. 97-2047PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal relates to the classification, for Medicare Part B reimbursement purposes, of medical equipment made for persons suffering from severe musculoskeletal problems. Produced by Appellees OrthoConeepts and used by Appellee Warder, the equipment consists of braces, fitted to the individual patient, on a wheeled base. The district court upheld OrthoConeepts’ challenge to an administrative ruling (“the Ruling” or “HCFAR 96-1”) from the Health Care Financing Administration (“HCFA”) that classifies this equipment as “durable medical equipment” rather than as…
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