Legal Opinion
Visiting Nurse Ass'n Gregoria Auffant, Inc. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 8, 2006No. 04-2721PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Medicare, a health insurance program, is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Secretary is entrusted by the Medicare Act with the authority to issue regulations that are necessary for the administration of the health insurance program. Under the Act, providers are reimbursed the lesser of their charges or their reasonable costs incurred in providing covered services to Medicare beneficiaries. 42 U.S.C. § 1395f(b). The Act requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to interpret…
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