Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises v. Patricia Harris

633 F.2d 123 PACIFIC COAST MEDICAL ENTERPRISES, a California Corporation, Plaintiff- Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Patricia HARRIS, * Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare; et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants. Department of Benefit Payments of the State of California, Amicus Curiae. Nos. 77-2914, 77-3281. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 28, 1980. Rehearing Denied June 23, 1980. 1 Sherwin L. Memel, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee; Memel, Jacobs, Pierno & Gersh, Los Angeles, Cal., argued. 2 Arthur R. Chenen, Los Angeles, Cal., for Pacific Coast Medical. 3 Henry Eigles, Baltimore, Md., for H. E. W. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 5 Before GOODWIN and TANG, Circuit Judges, and EAST, ** District Judge. EAST, District Judge: 6 Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises (PCME), a California corporation and provider of Medicare services, 1 petitioned the District Court to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying reimbursement for certain amounts claimed by PCME to be compensable under…