Legal Opinion
Doctors Hospital, Inc. of Plantation v. Bowen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1987No. Nos. 85-5963, 86-3026, 86-5021 & 86-5087PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) appeals the district courts’ rulings allowing hospitals to obtain administrative review of their reimbursement rates for Medicare services because such rate determinations constitute final decisions within the meaning of the Medicare statute. We affirm.
Background
In 1965, Congress enacted the Medicare statute which provides a system of health insurance for the aged and disabled. 42 U.S.C. § 1395. In 1983, Congress created a Prospective Payment System (PPS) which “completely changed the method of reimbursing a…
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