Pinnacle Health Hospitals v. Sebelius

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Granting the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment; Denying the Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment

RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The plaintiff is a non-profit hospital system created in 1995 by the consolidation of two independent hospitals. Through this action, brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 553 et seq., the plaintiff challenges a decision by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“the…