Cosgrove v. Sullivan

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

In 1986, plaintiffs Mary Cosgrove, et al. commenced a nationwide class action against defendants Otis Bowen, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to challenge an administrative regulation used to determine reimbursement levels for certain physician services under Part B of the Medicare program. Plaintiffs are now applying for an order compelling Louis W. Sullivan, the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to pay interest on underpayments to the plaintiff class arising from the court’s final judgment of…