Gottlieb Memorial Hospital v. Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOTTLIEB MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 24-116 (JDB) ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. 1 MEMORANDUM OPINION It is said that those who can’t do, instead teach. But many hospitals both do (i.e., treat) and teach. To compensate for the collateral expenses of teaching on top of treating, Medicare gives teaching hospitals a supplemental payment known as the “indirect medical education” (“IME”) payment. A complicated formula calculates a hospital’s IME payment using the…