Woods Psychiatric Institute v. The United States

NIES, Chief Judge.

Woods Psychiatric Institute appeals the judgment of the United States Claims Court which concluded that the final decision of the Director of the Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) was not arbitrary or capricious, was based on substantial evidence and was correct as a matter of law. Woods Psychiatric Inst. v. United States, 20 Cl.Ct. 324 (1990). Specifically, the Claims Court in a detailed analysis determined that two CHAMPUS regulations, 82 C.F.R. §§ 199.10(b)(l)(iv) and 199.10(f)(5) (1985), * are procedurally and substantively valid,…