Whidden Memorial Hospital v. Sebelius

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.

Plaintiff Whidden Memorial Hospital here challenges a final decision by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) denying two of its claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program. First, after it underwent a statutory merger with another hospital, the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Association (MWHA), Whidden sought reimbursement for the depreciation of its assets. The Administrator denied this claim on two independently dispositive grounds: it concluded both that the Whidden-MWHA merger did not constitute a…