Pinnacle Health Hospitals v. Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PINNACLE HEALTH HOSPITALS, : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 09-0186 (RMU) : v. : Re Document Nos.: 18, 19 : KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, : Secretary of Health and Human Services, : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING THE DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; DENYING THE PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT I. INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The plaintiff is a non-profit hospital system created in 1995 by the consolidation of two independent hospitals.…