MERCY HOSP. v. ME. HEALTH CARE FIN. COM'N


559 A.2d 352 (1989)

MERCY HOSPITAL v. MAINE HEALTH CARE FINANCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon K. Gayer (orally), Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for plaintiff.

Charles F. Dingman (orally), Charles M. Cohen, Health Care Finance Com'n, Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.


HORNBY, Justice.

In determining what patient revenues a Maine hospital may collect, the Maine Health Care Finance Commission must calculate in advance the impact of inflation ("economic trend factor") and account for that factor in its projection of a hospital's financial requirements for the fiscal year ahead ("payment year"). The Commission may make further adjustments during the course of a payment year if the initial inflation projections are in error. 22 M.R...

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