Baystate Heath System v. Thompson

*92 OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff hospitals in Baystate Heath System v. Thompson,. Civil Action No. 02-0601(PLF), bring 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 reopen certain final payment decisions issued by the Secretary’s payment agents that pertain to the Secretary’s reimbursement of plaintiffs for services they rendered to indigent clients.1 Defendant filed a motion to dismiss and plaintiffs…