ORDER

The panel invites amicus briefs addressing the following questions:

(1) Do the regulations at 42 C.F.R. §§ 405.926(i) and 405.980(a)(5) bar administrative review of a contractor’s decision to reopen a Medicare claim, including the contractor’s compliance with the good cause standard for reopening set forth at 42 C.F.R. §§ 405.980(b)(2) and 405.986?

(2) If the regulations bar administrative review of a contractor’s decision to reopen, do federal courts have jurisdiction to enforce the agency’s compliance with the good cause standard for reopening?

Any person or entity wishing to file a brief as an amicus curiae in response to this order is granted leave to do so pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29(a). Briefs responding to this order shall be filed within 30 days of the date of this order and shall not exceed 15 pages.