Sacred Heart Hospital v. Heckler

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Sacred Heart Hospital, Muhlenberg Hospital and Easton Hospital (Hospitals) are non-profit, short term, acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania which are certified to participate in the Medicare program as “providers” of hospital care to Medicare beneficiaries, the national health insurance program for the elderly. Under Part A of the Medicare program, plaintiffs are entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable costs incurred in providing these services. 42 U.S.C. § 1395f(b). This case arose out of a dispute between plaintiffs and their…