Alvarado Community Hospital v. Shalala

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

One hundred and sixty-three hospitals (the “Hospitals”) seek payment for alleged shortfalls in -Medicare reimbursements for fiscal years 1985 (FY 1985) and 1986 (FY 1986). *1119The Hospitals, which provided care for patients whose hospital stays were unusually lengthy or costly, contend that they were not properly reimbursed under the Medicare program at a time when the method of payment was in transition. They assert, more particularly, that the total amounts paid to them failed to meet a minimum figure required by statute and that the payments were determined in a manner…