Legal Opinion
Southeast Alabama Medical Center v. Sebelius
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 17, 2009No. 08-5156PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are 113 inpatient hospitals located in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. They contend that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interpreted the Medicare reimbursement statute in a way that improperly deprived them of millions of dollars. The district court disagreed and granted summary judgment for the Department. We affirm the district court’s judgment in all but one respect.
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In 1983, Congress revised the Medicare reimbursement statute to move from a “reasonable cost” method of…
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