Legal Opinion
BAPTIST HOSPITAL EAST, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1986No. 85-5473PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, five non-profit hospitals, are all providers of health care services under the Medicare program who, during the relevant period, provided some free health care to non-Medicare patients. These services were accounted for by the hospitals as either bad debts, charity or courtesy allowances. 1 The hospitals now seek reimbursement from the Medicare program for a portion of these services. They appeal a decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky upholding 42 C.F.R. § 405.420 under which the Secretary of Health and Human…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Southeastern Community College v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Schweiker v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. HecklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center v. Department of Health and Human Services, St. James Hospital v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Annie Green, Dba Christian Home for the Aged v. John R. Cashman, Director, Ohio Department of HealthCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. BowenSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- St. Luke's Hospital v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Burton v. William Beaumont HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2004
- Adams House Health Care v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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