Oaks of Mid City Resident Council v. Sebelius

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The government sought to terminate Oaks, a nursing facility, from the Medicare program. It sent Oaks a Notice of Termination. The district court enjoined the government from relying on that Notice. Because the government did not rely on the Notice while the injunction was in ef feet, we REVERSE the contempt order entered against it.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency that administers the Medicare program. Medicare reimburses qualified nursing facilities for certain services that they provide to their patients. Payments…