Dist. Hosp. Partners, L.P. v. Azar

ELLEN S. HUVELLE, United States District Judge

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, owners and operators of hospitals that participate in the federal Medicare program, first brought suit to challenge the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) outlier thresholds for the federal fiscal years (FFY) 2004, 2005, and 2006 in the prior case of District Hospital Partners, L.P. v. Sebelius , No. 11-cv-116 (D.D.C.). In that proceeding, the Court granted defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services ("HHS")'s motion for summary judgment. See Dist. Hosp. Partners, L.P. v. Sebelius , 973 F.Supp.2d 1,…