CENTRAL WASH. HEALTH SERV. ASS'N v. HARRIS

No. C-79-248.

497 F.Supp. 1143 (1980)

CENTRAL WASHINGTON HEALTH SERVICES ASSOCIATION, a Washington Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Washington.

September 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Gillespie, U. S. Atty. by Carroll Gray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for Government.

Patrick E. McBride, Acting Regional Atty., for Dept. of Health and Human Services by P. K. Abraham, Asst. Regional Atty., Seattle, Wash., on brief.

Davis, Arneil, Dorsey, Knight & Parlette by David J. Dorsey and J. A. Johnson, Wenatchee, Wash., for plaintiff, with Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler by Thomas E. McDermott, Portland, Or., on brief.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ISSUES

QUACKENBUSH, District Judge.

The sole issue presented by this matter involves a determination as to whether or not the Plaintiff herein was the "sole community provider" of general acute hospital services in the Wenatchee, Washington community as the same relates to the Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled Program commonly known as "Medicare". 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.

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