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A class action lawsuit involving San Diego doctors and Medicare reimbursements is expected to be filed in federal court this week.
Attorney Dario de Ghetaldi said May 30 that he planned to file June 4 in the Northern District of California on behalf of seven counties in the state. The complaint would be filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
De Ghetaldi, a Bay Area attorney, is representing San Diego, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Marin, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties in the lawsuit.
The counties are seeking to force Medicare administrators to end the way they currently decide how much doctors in different regions get paid for treating patients covered under the 65 and older program.
They are also seeking to force Medicare to compensate doctors who have been “systematically underpaid” for years, said de Ghetaldi, who is with Corey, Luzaich, Pliska, de Ghetaldi
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