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Parties Involved:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Defendant
Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC
Plaintiff
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

Andrew H. Selesnick (SBN 160516)

Damaris L. Medina (SBN 262788)

Ketakee R. Kane (SBN 291828)

MICHELMAN & ROBINSON, LLP

15760 Ventura Boulevard, 5th Floor

Encino, California 91436

Telephone: (818) 783-5530

Facsimile: (818) 783-5507

Troy A. Schell, Esq. (SBN 208661)

Bryan Wong, Esq. (SBN 205573)

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC.

3300 East Guasti Road, 3rd Floor

Ontario, California 91761

Telephone: (909) 235-4400

Facsimile: (909) 235-4419

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Additional Counsel Listed On Next Page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES 

– SHASTA, LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company doing business as 

Shasta Regional Medical Center;

Plaintiff

vs. 

Sylvia Mathews Burwell in her 

official capacity as Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-01120-TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO 

FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

[L.R. 144(A)]

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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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Plaintiff Prime Healthcare Services – Shasta, LLC (“Plaintiff”), and 

Defendant Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 

Services, (“Defendant”) by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate, subject to 

approval of the Court, to the following:

Plaintiff has filed a total of 9 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 Medicare 

beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009.

These cases are as follows:

(1) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:14-cv02791-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, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to April 10, 2015. Parties filed a further 

stipulation to extend the deadline to June 5, 2015.

(2) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00154-TLN-KJN, 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, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to April 10, 2015. Parties filed a further 

stipulation to extend the deadline to June 5, 2015.

(3) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00324-TLN-KJN, Plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals 

Council, dated December 10, 2014, that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of 

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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 was May 4, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(4) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00400-TLN-KJN, 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 was May 4, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(5) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00450-TLN-KJN, 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 was May 29, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(6) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00473-TLN-KJN, 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 was May 29, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(7) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00474-TLN-KJN, Plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals 

Council, dated January 2, 2015, that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its 

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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 was May 29, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(8) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv00709-TLN-KJN, 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 25 Medicare 

beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. The deadline for 

Defendant's responsive pleading was June 2, 2015, but the parties filed a 

stipulation to extend that deadline to June 5, 2015.

(9) In Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv01120-GEB-CMK, Plaintiff challenges a determination by the Medicare Appeals 

Council, dated March 25, 2015, that it lacked standing to appeal the denial of its 

claims for payment for emergency medical services provided to 2 Medicare 

beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009. 

In each of the nine cases, Plaintiff has recently retained the law firm of 

Michelman & Robinson LLP, and intends to amend the complaints in each of the 

nine cases pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15.

Accordingly, the parties agree, subject to approval of the Court, that 

Defendant will not be required to file a Responsive Pleading to the Complaints in 

each of the 9 cases and further agree to the following schedule:

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Deadline for filing an Amended Complaint in each case: July 2, 2015

Deadline for filing a Responsive Pleading in each case: September 4, 2015

Dated: May 29, 2015 

By: /s/ Ketakee R. Kane__________________

Andrew H. Selesnick

Damaris L. Medina

Ketakee R. Kane

Troy A. Schell, Esq. 

Bryan Wong, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Prime Healthcare 

Services – Shasta, LLC

By: /s/ Edward A. Olsen (as authorized on 

May 29, 2015).

Edward A. Olsen

Benjamin B. Wagner

Attorneys for Defendant Sylvia Mathews 

Burwell

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ORDER

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

ORDERED.

Dated: July 14, 2015

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