Legal Opinion
Phoenix Memorial Hospital v. Sebelius
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2010No. 09-15506PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Eight Arizona hospitals that all receive federal reimbursement for treating Medicare patients appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The hospitals argue that the adjustment they receive for serving disproportionately high numbers of low-income patients should be increased because the reimbursement does not account for all low-income patients included under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
BACKGROUND
A. Statutory…
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