Legal Opinion
Select Specialty Hospital-Denver, Inc. v. Azar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 22, 2019No. Civil Action No. 10-cv-1356 (BAH)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
(1) The debt must be related to covered services and derived from deductible and coinsurance amounts;(2) The provider must be able to establish that reasonable collection efforts were made;
*58(3) The debt was actually uncollectible when claimed as worthless; and(4) Sound business judgment established that there was no likelihood of recovery at any time in the future.
Id. § 413.89(e); see 31 Fed. Reg. 14808, 14813 (Nov. 22, 1966) ; see also 20 C.F.R. § 405.420 (1967) ; 42 C.F.R. § 413.80 (1986).
The second requirement, that the provider make "reasonable collection efforts," is principally at issue…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Tolan v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
- Camp v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bowen v. Georgetown University HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Florida Power & Light Co. v. LorionSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by9 opinions
- New LifeCare Hospitals v. Xavier BecerraCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2021
- Kindred Healthcare, Inc. v. AzarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2020
- New Lifecare Hospitals of North Carolina LLC v. CochranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2019
- POLANSKY V. EXECUTIVE HEALTH RESOURCES INC.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
- Select Specialty Hospital - Denver, Inc. v. SebeliusDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2021
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