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*Much of this article appears in Chapter 157 in Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d
published by the West Group and appears with their permission.
prudent use of its resources).
See In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare N. Tex., Inc.), 101 B.R. 618 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989); In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare/HealthAmerica Health Plan, Inc.), 101 B.R. 628 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989); In re Family health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare La., Inc.), 101 B.R. 636 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989); In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare Health Plans of Midwest, Inc.), 104 B.R. 268 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989); In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare Health Ins. Co.), 104 B.R. 279 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989); In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare Health Ins. Co.), 143 B.R. 232 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1992).
See In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare Health Ins. Co.), 143 B.R. 232, 235-36 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1992).
Matter of Estate of Medcare HMO, 998 F.2d 436 (7th Cir. 1993).
Matter of Cash Currency Exchange, Inc., 762 F.2d 542 (7th Cir. 1985).
See e.g. In re Beacon Health, Inc., 105 B.R. 178 (Bankr. D. NH. 1989); In re Family Health Serv., Inc. (In re Maxicare N. Tex., Inc.), 101 B.R. 618 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989).
Matter of Cash Currency Exchange, Inc., 762 F.2d at 548.
Id.
In re Estate of Medcare HMO, 998 F.2d 436, 438, 24 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 822, 29 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d (BM) 255, Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) ¦ 75334 (7th Cir. Ill. 1993).
In re Family Health Services, Inc., 101 B.R. 618, 626 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1989).
Medcare, 998 F.2d at 442.
998 F.2d at 442.
998 F.2d at 443.
See id.
Id.
998 F.2d at 444.
998 F.2d at 445.
Medcare, 998 F.2d at 445.
998 F.2d at 446.
However, new approaches in state receivership actions may make them viable and attractive vehicles for reorganizations as well as liquidations.
The following non-profit hospitals have been debtors: Metropolitan Hospital (Philadelphia), Mercy Hospital (Watertown, NY), Choate (Boston).
11 U.S.C. § 303(a); In re United Kitchen Associates, Inc., 33 R.B. 214, 215-17 (Bankr. W.D. La. 1983).
11 U.S.C. § 1112(c).
See, e.g., In re Heffernan Memorial Hospital District, 192 B.R. 228, 230 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1996).
In re Corcoran Hospital District, 233 B.R. 449 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1999).
Medicare reimbursement laws and regulations are extremely complicated. A reimbursement specialist should be consulted if Medicare reimbursement issues arise in a bankruptcy proceeding. The following summary discussion is based, in large part, on two sources: The National Health Lawyers Association, Health Law Practice Guide (1993) and the National Health Lawyers Association, NHLA Focus Series, Legal Aspects of Medicare & Medicaid Reimbursement (1990) (hereinafter "NHLA Medicare Handbook").
42 U.S.C. § 1395w-21(a)(1).
