Cleveland Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Califano

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The single issue presented in this appeal is whether a group of medical care providers, appealing the denial of reimbursement under the Medicare program, may aggregate more than one cost report from each group member to meet the jurisdictional amount for group appeals to the Provider Reimbursement Review Board. • The district court held that such aggregation is permitted under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395oo(b). We affirm.

STATUTORY BACKGROUND

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq., established the Medicare program…