Physician Hospitals of America v. Kathleen

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

A trade group and a physician-owned hospital sued the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. They sought injunctive relief to remedy multiple alleged constitutional infirmities with Section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Section 6001 limits Medicare reimbursement for services furnished to a patient referred by a physician owner. Although it denied the Secretary’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, the district court granted summary judgment to the Secretary. The court concluded that Congress had a…