Banner Health v. Leavitt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________________________________ ) BANNER HEALTH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 07-1614 (RBW) ) KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, ) Secretary of the Department of ) 1 Health and Human Services, ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION The plaintiff, Banner Health, appeals a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) denying certain Medicare Part A payment adjustments to four Arizona hospitals in return for expenses the hospitals incurred providing services to…