Central Oregon Independent Health Services, Inc. v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services

This case involves a disagreement about the meaning of a series of complex contracts concerning the rates at which the state is obligated to reimburse health care services providers who provide services under the Oregon Health Plan. Pared to essentials, the disagreement amounts to a straightforward dispute about a potential conflict between two provisions in the contracts. On the one hand, the contracts provide that the specified reimbursement rates are calculated in accordance with a particular formula. On the other hand, the contracts state that those rates constitute the “total” or…