Legal Opinion
Floyd Wood v. Tommy G. Thompson, . As Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 2001No. 00-2711PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This case is almost as hard as pulling the teeth of Floyd Wood, who lost a final decision of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson that the extraction of his diseased teeth was not reimbursable under Part B of the Medicare program, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq. We now affirm the district court’s decision to uphold the Secretary’s ruling.
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Wood, an enrollee in the Medicare program, needed a heart valve replacement. At the time his physician determined the need for this procedure, Wood had severe infection in the tissue supporting his…
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