Bethesda Health, Inc. v. Alex M Azar II

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________ ) BETHESDA HEALTH, INC., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 18-875 (RMC) ) ALEX M. AZAR II, Secretary of the ) Department of Health and Human ) Services, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________ ) OPINION This case concerns the application of a mathematical intersection between the federal Medicare program and the joint state/federal Medicaid program insofar as inpatient hospital care is reimbursed by Medicare. Hospitals that treat significant numbers of low-income patients…