5th Circuit: Statutory, Regulatory Regimes Support Proton Beam Coverage Decision

Mealey's (March 15, 2023, 1:24 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel sympathized with a woman’s challenge to the denial of coverage for proton beam therapy in the face of a “maddening” and “byzantine” health care system but said in affirming dismissal of her claims that its hands were tied by the statutory and regulatory realities....