Alexandria Hospital v. Heckler

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this action are a group of hospitals who are “providers of services” to Medicare patients under Part A of the Medicare program, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(u). They challenge an administrative regulation promulgated in June of 1979 1 that altered the computation formula utilized from the inception of the Medicare program, in 1966, to reimburse provider hospitals for the cost of malpractice insurance. The defendant Secretary is the administrator of the Medicare program. The plaintiffs invoke the Court’s jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C.…