Covenant Medical Center, Inc. v. Sebelius

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

This case presents a narrow question related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Does § 5504(c) of the Act mandate the reopening of a hospital cost report concerning a period before the ACA’s enactment because there was an appeal pending concerning that cost report when the ACA was enacted? Because the ACA does not mandate the reopening of such a cost report, Covenant Medical Center, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment…