Rhode Island Hospital v. Sebelius

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

Up until 1996, the Medicare program paid for medical research performed by residents at Rhode Island Hospital (“Plaintiff’ or “RIH”). That year, however, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) decided that only research related to patient care qualified for reimbursement under Medicare regulations. In an earlier phase of this case, the First Circuit upheld the Secretary’s view. See R.I. Hosp. v. Leavitt, 548 F.3d 29 (1st Cir.2008). The immediate dispute concerns Plaintiffs claim that some resident research activities in…