U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976

Harold Lusskin, M.D. v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Harold Lusskin, M.D. v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided July 9, 1976 · Dyer, Simpson, Roney
534 F.2d 1141; 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8099 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Harold Lusskin, M.D. v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The jurisdictional issue in this case is the same as that found in Gallo v. Mathews, 5 Cir. 1976, 534 F.2d 1137, decided this day, and is controlled by that case. Lusskin, like Gallo, challenges the initial determination of Blue Cross, without any attempt to review that decision through the available hearing procedure. Jurisdiction fails under the APA since the initial determination does not constitute “final agency action.”

REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT.

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