10 soc.sec.rep.ser. 317, Medicare&medicaid Gu 34,884 Joseph W. Marin Doreen C. Marin Elesa L. Beale and Home Medical Services, Inc., a California Corporation v. Hew, Health Care Financing Agency Philip Nathanson Richard Pace Gene Chin Blue Cross of Northern California Mary Jane Higgins John O'Hara Margaret Kelley Vince Rosellini Dan Smith and George Thompson, Defendants- Home Medical Services, Inc., a California Corporation v. Department of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler, Health Care Financing Agency

769 F.2d 590 10 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 317, Medicare&Medicaid Gu 34,884 Joseph W. MARIN; Doreen C. Marin; Elesa L. Beale; and Home Medical Services, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HEW, HEALTH CARE FINANCING AGENCY Philip Nathanson; Richard Pace; Gene Chin; Blue Cross of Northern California; Mary Jane Higgins; John O'Hara; Margaret Kelley; Vince Rosellini; Dan Smith; and George Thompson, Defendants- Appellees. HOME MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; Margaret Heckler, Health Care Financing Agency, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 83-2272, 84-1532. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 5, 1984. Decided Aug. 22, 1985. Gregory F. Gilbert, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Dennis Mulshine, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Consolidated Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before GOODWIN, POOLE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 Health care providers who have been unable to collect sums claimed to be due for services they provided to medicare…