Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Sebelius

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Chief Judge:

Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc., and other medical providers (collectively, “appellants”) appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (respectively, the “Secretary” and “HHS”), which upheld the denial of their reimbursement claims arising from the merger of Presbyterian Health Services Corporation (“Presbyterian”) and Carolina Medicorp, Inc. (“Carolina”). Appellants argued before the district court and this court that the denial of their claims was…