Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 1989No. 89-1699PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Harry Wilkins,1 appeals the denial of his claim for Medicare benefits to pay the costs of a hospital stay during which he underwent bilateral carotid body resection (“BCBR”) surgery. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a final decision denying Wilkins’s claim, and the district court upheld the Secretary’s decision. Wilkins now challenges this determination, maintaining that the Secretary improperly relied upon Health Care Financing Administration (“HCFA”) Ruling 80-2 to deny Medicare benefits.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by18 opinions
- George W. SCHMIDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Dorothy A. Cummings v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Bodimetric Health Services, Inc. v. Aetna Life & CasualtyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- STATE OF NEW YORK on Behalf of Beatrice STEIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Bodimetric Health Services, Inc. v. Aetna Life & CasualtyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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