Dartmouth-Hitchcock et al v. NH DHHS

Dartmouth-Hitchcock et al v . NH DHHS 11-CV-358-SM 9/27/12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, et a l . , Plaintiffs v. Case N o . 11-cv-358-SM Opinion N o .

2012 DNH 169

Nicholas Toumpas, Commissioner, N.H. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Defendant O R D E R The Commissioner’s motion to dismiss the hospital and beneficiary plaintiffs’ Supremacy Clause claims (Counts I-IV) required additional briefing in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Douglas v . Independent Living Ctr. of S . Cal., 132 S . C t . 1204 (2012). The parties have…