THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

[L.R. 144(A)]

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

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-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, 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-cv-00154-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-cv-00324-TLN-KJN, 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 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-cv-00400-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-cv-00450-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-cv-00473-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-cv-00474-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 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-cv-00709-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-cv-01120-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:

ORDER

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