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103628P.pdf 07/17/2012 Greenbrier Nursing v. U.S. Dept. of HHS
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-3628
Department of Health & Human Services
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Medicare. The Department of Health and Human
Services's finding that petitioner was not in substantial compliance with
42 C.F.R. Sec. 483.25 was supported by substantial evidence; the agency
did not err in concluding that petitioner's noncompliance rose to the level
of immediate jeopardy; judicial review of certain objections to the civil
penalties imposed were barred because petitioner failed to raise the
arguments to the agency; petitioner received adequate notice of the basis
for the penalties and had ample opportunity to respond; as the record
contains substantial evidence of noncompliance, the agency's procedural
framework for shifting the burden of proof was immaterial to the
outcome and the court would not address the legal issue raised by the
claim.