Huntington Hospital v. Thompson

KORMAN, District Judge.

This appeal involves the application of an established principle of administrative law. to an exceedingly complex legislative and administrative scheme for Medicare reimbursement of hospitals. Because the principle is easier to explain than the scheme, and because it will be helpful in following our explanation of the scheme, we begin first with a simple statement of the manner in which the principle applies in this case.

The law is clear that an administrative agency that promulgates inconsistent regulations interpreting an act'of Congress “must supply a reasoned…