Baptist Memorial Hospital v. Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 02-1919 (PLF) ) CHARLES E. JOHNSON, ) Acting Secretary, United States Department of ) Health and Human Services, ) ) Defendant.1 ) __________________________________________) OPINION Plaintiff hospital brings suit for declaratory and injunctive relief in the nature of mandamus, asking the Court to compel defendant, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to…