California Clinical Laboratory Association v. Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs California Clinical Laboratory Association (“CCLA”) and Jane'Doe have brought the instant action to challenge certain Medicare coverage determinations that private entities — known as Medicare Administrative Contractors (“MACs”)— make. Congress has expressly authorized Defendant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) to use MACs to help administer the Medicare program, and under the existing statutory and regulatory scheme, MACs routinely establish local Medicare coverage…