American Health Care Ass'n, Inc. v. Califano

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

This action constitutes a challenge to the activities of defendant Secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare in his imposition of restrictions upon the methods by which states may pay skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities for their services under the Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. Plaintiff American Health Care Association, a non-profit corporation which seeks to promote high standards of professional care in licensed health care facilities, argues that the Secretary has illegally restricted the ability of…