Legal Opinion
DCH Regional Medical Center v. Alex M. Azar II
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 4, 2019No. 17-5203PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Katsas, Circuit Judge:
The Medicare statute precludes judicial review of estimates used to make certain payments to hospitals for treating low-income patients. We must decide whether this preclusion provision bars challenges to the methodology used to make the estimates.
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Through Medicare, the federal government pays for health care for elderly and disabled individuals. 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq. Hospitals receive increased payments if they serve "a significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients." Id. § 1395ww(d)(5)(F)(i)(I). These increases are known as "DSH payments," which is…
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