Parkridge Hospital, Inc. v. Califano

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

These two appeals raise the same legal issues and were assigned for oral argument at the same time. They deal with somewhat complicated problems concerning HEW Regulation 20 C.F.R. § 422.435 (1979), which allows public disclosure of a financial report, called a Provider Cost Report, which is required to be filed by Medicare providers operating under financial reimbursement through the Federal Medicare Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 (1976).

Plaintiffs, Parkridge Hospital (Parkridge) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Diplomat Lakewood, Inc., (Diplomat) in Lakewood, Ohio, are,…