GARFIELD MEDICAL CENTER v. BELSHE

No. B115563.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 527 (1998)

68 Cal.App.4th 798

GARFIELD MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kimberly BELSHE, as Director, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

November 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., and Patric Hooper, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland III, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sanders, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Sandra L. Goldsmith, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Respondent.


CHARLES S. VOGEL, P.J.

INTRODUCTION

This appeal requires interpretation of a federal statute governing payment to hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of Medicaid patients. In particular, the issue is interpreting the phrase "the mean." California, with approval from the federal government, has interpreted the phrase to permit use of a weighted mean. Appellant, on the other hand, contends that said interpretation violates federal law because...

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