Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit March 7, 1990, 89-3236 (Michael J. Friedrich v. Secretary of Health and Human Services)

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a claimant’s right to reimbursement under Part B of the Medicare Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395

et seq.

(1982), for a medical procedure that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) has found not to be “reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment” of the claimant’s particular illness. 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(a)(l).