Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center v. Burwell

OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

On June 30,2009, Mission Hospital Medical Center (“Mission”), a Medicare-approved acute care hospital in Mission Vie-jo, California, purchased from Adventist Health Systems West (“Adventist”) the assets- of South Coast Medical .Center (“South Coast”), in Laguna Beach, California, ’also a Medicare-approved facility. However, Mission attempted by an assets-only purchase to avoid South Coast’s potential liabilities under South Coast’s Medicare provider agreement. These liabilities encompassed potential mandated reimbursement to Medicare for any previous overpayments…