American Hospital Association v. Azar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-03619 (CJN) ALEX M. AZAR II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Affordable Care Act requires each hospital operating within the United States to establish and make public “a list of the hospital’s standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital.” 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-18(e) (2018). In November 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human…