Legal Opinion
Maine Medical Center v. Burwell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 27, 2016No. 15-2408PPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The system through which the federal government reimburses hospitals for charity care is among the most arcane known to man, A central feature of this system is a provision through which hospitals receive so-called disproportionate share payments (DSH payments). See 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(d)(5)(F)(i)(I). These appeals involve a dispute between the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) and a group of eight Maine hospitals 1 about DSH payments for fiscal years dating as far back as 1993.
After first clearing a jurisdictional hurdle, we hold that the Secretary…
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