OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

The Oregon Department of Human Resources seeks review of a Department of Health and Human Services decision to disallow Oregon’s claim for federal financial participation in certain administrative costs connected with the Oregon Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program. The DHHS moved to dismiss, contending that this appeal is not properly before us, because we lack jurisdiction to review a claim disallowance. Oregon, opposes the motion, arguing that the DHHS erred in referring to the claim as a disallowance, and that this is really a plan noncompliance…