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(1976); see also Cathedral Rock, 223 F.3d at 361-62.
In Cathedral Rock, a nursing facility challenged the
Secretary’s determination that it was not in compliance with
Medicare regulations and claimed that the Fifth Amendment’s
Due Process Clause mandated a hearing before the
cancellation of its Medicare payment eligibility. This court
found that the plaintiff’s procedural due process claim was
entirely collateral and, therefore, turned to the issue of
whether the nursing facility made "a colorable claim that full
relief would not be possible if it was awarded retroactive
relief through a post-deprivation hearing." Id. at 364.
Relying on the factors articulated by the Supreme Court in
Eldridge for determining whether procedural due process
requires a pre-termination hearing, the Cathedral Rock court
determined that the nursing facility did not state a cognizable
due process claim. See id. at 365-66 (concluding that the
nursing facility was not constitutionally entitled to a pre-
termination hearing). The Eldridge factors are: (1) "the
private interests that will be affected by the official action";
(2) "the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest
through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any,
of the additional or substitute procedural safeguards"; and
(3) "the Government’s interest, including the function
involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the
additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail."
Eldridge, 424 U.S. at 335.
Application of the Eldridge factors here reaffirms the
soundness of the Cathedral Rock decision: First, although the
economic impact of canceling Medicare eligibility is
significant, "a provider’s financial need to be subsidized for
the care of its Medicare patients is only incidental to the
purpose and design of the [Medicare] program." Cathedral
Rock, 223 F.3d at 364-65 (quoting Northlake Community
Hosp. v. United States, 654 F.2d 1234, 1242 (7th Cir. 1981))
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section 405(g)." 42 U.S.C.A. § 1395cc(h)(1). Section 405(g)
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No findings of fact or decision of the Commissioner of
Social Security shall be reviewed by any person, tribunal,
or governmental agency except as herein provided. No
action against the United States, the Commissioner of
Social Security, or any officer or employee thereof shall
be brought under section 1331 or 1346 of Title 28 to
recover on any claim arising under this subchapter.
42 U.S.C.A. § 405(h) (West 2002) (incorporated into the
Medicare Act pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1395ii). Thus, section
405(h) "‘channels most, if not all, Medicare claims through
the special review system’ of an administrative hearing and
‘purports to make exclusive the judicial review method set
forth in section 405(g).’" Cathedral Rock of North College
Hill, Inc. v. Shalala, 223 F.3d 354, 358-59 (6th Cir. 2000)
(quoting Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.,
529 U.S. 1, 8-9, 120 S.Ct. 1084, 146 L.Ed.2d 1 (2000))
(internal punctuation omitted).
Here, Oakland and Margolis challenge the Secretary’s
decision to cancel Oakland’s eligibility for Medicare
payments. Thus, absent an applicable exception, section
405(h) precludes the district court from exercising subject
matter jurisdiction over their claim.
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where a plaintiff’s claim is "entirely collateral" to his
substantive claim of entitlement and he makes a colorable
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