Portland Adventist Medical Center v. Thompson

SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

We must decide whether the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services correctly denied reimbursement to plaintiff hospitals for services to certain low-income populations based on his interpretation of the Medicare statute’s Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) calculation. The district court held that the Secretary’s interpretation of the statute governing reimbursement violated the text and intent of the statute and granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment. We agree with the district court and affirm for the reasons stated below.

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