CLAIBORNE-HUGHES HEALTH CENTER v. Sebelius

OPINION

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Claiborne-Hughes Health Center (“Claiborne”) is a skilled nursing facility in Franklin, Tennessee that participates in the federal Medicare program. The United States Department of Health and Human Services requires facilities that participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs to comply with certain minimum standards of care. Inspections completed in August and September of 2006 revealed that Claiborne was noncompliant with a number of these standards. Based upon those findings, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) imposed a civil…