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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR

DEFENDANT TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING 1

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES –

SHASTA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company doing business as Shasta Regional 

Medical Center,

 Plaintiff,

v.

SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL, in her 

official capacity as Secretary of the Department 

of Health and Human Services,

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00709-TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE 

A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

[L.R. 144(a)]

Plaintiff Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC, and Defendant Sylvia Burwell, Secretary 

of the Department of Health and Human Services, by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate,

subject to approval of the Court, to extend the deadline for filing a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint from June 2, 2015, to June 5, 2015, in light of the following:

Plaintiff has filed a total of 8 cases challenging determinations by the Medicare Appeals 

Council that Plaintiff lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency 

medical services provided to 29 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. 

//

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

EDWARD A. OLSEN (CSBN 214150)

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2821

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

edward.olsen@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

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These cases are as follows:

(1) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:14-cv-02791-TLN-KJN, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated September 30, 2014, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 29 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading was March 13, 2013, but the parties filed a stipulation to extend 

that deadline to April 10, 2013.

(2) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00154-TLN-DAD, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated November 21, 2014, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 17 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading was March 30, 2013, but the parties filed a stipulation to extend 

that deadline to April 10, 2013.

(3) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00324-JAM-CMK, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated December 10, 2014, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 6 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline for 

Defendant’s responsive pleading is May 4, 2015.

(4) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00400-TLN-CMK, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated December 23, 2014, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 10 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading is May 4, 2015.

(5) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00450-KJM-CKD, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated December 29, 2014, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 18 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading is May 29, 2015.

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(6) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00473-MCE--CMK, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated January 2, 2015, that it 

lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 19 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading is May 29, 2015.

(7) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00474-MCE--CMK, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated January 2, 2015, that it 

lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 7 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline for 

Defendant’s responsive pleading is May 29, 2015.

(8) In Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00709-TLN-KJN, 

plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals Council, dated December 29, 2015, 

that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services 

provided to 25 Medicare beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline 

for Defendant’s responsive pleading is June 2, 2015.

The 8 cases are related because they involve the same parties and present the same legal issue 

– whether Medicare Appeals Council correctly determined that plaintiff lacked standing to appeal 

the denial of its claims for payment for emergency medical services provided to various beneficiaries 

between November 2008 and February 2009. The parties believe that, in the interest of economy 

and efficiency, it makes sense to have a single responsive pleading deadline for all eight cases and, 

accordingly, respectfully ask the Court to extend the deadline for the Defendant’s responsive

pleading to June 5, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 7, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

/s/ Edward A. Olsen

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

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Dated: April 7, 2015 /s/ Yekaterina Dekadokh

YEKATERINA DEKADOKH

Attorney for Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta 

LLC

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and good cause having been shown, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 13, 2015

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