Detroit Receiving Hospital v. Leavitt

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

AVERN COHN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This is a health care case. Plaintiffs, a group of public and private hospitals, seek to recover additional reimbursement from the federal government related to their provision of services under the Medicare program. Specifically, plaintiffs challenge a regulation promulgated by the Defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services (“the Secretary”) pertaining to the reimbursement of bad debt associated with a certain class of…