Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center v. Shalala

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”), appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiff hospitals. The district court overturned the Secretary’s interpretation of a Medicare reimbursement provision, deciding that Congress intended to count all days spent in hospitals by low-income patients, whether or not paid by Medicaid, in reimbursing increased costs to hospitals serving a disproportionately high number of low-income patients. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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