Mercy General Hospital v. Burwell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _____________________________________ ) MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 16-99 (RBW) ) ALEX M. AZAR II, in his official capacity ) as Secretary of the United States ) Department of Health and Human Services, ) ) Defendant. ) _____________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION The plaintiffs, eighty-one acute care hospitals located in California, seek judicial review of the final decision of the defendant, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”),…