Goddard Memorial Hospital v. Rate Setting Commission

This is an action by Goddard Memorial Hospital of Stoughton (Goddard), pursuant to G. L. c. 176A, § 5, seventeenth par. (1986 ed. & Supp. 1988), challenging a decision of the Rate Setting Commission (commission). The commission disapproved the annualization of certain costs under a reimbursement agreement between Goddard and Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Cross). The costs in dispute had been submitted to arbitration, but the commission declined to be bound by the arbitrator’s award. Goddard argues that the commission’s earlier approval of the reimbursement agreement should bar its…