HOAG MEMORIAL HOSP. PRESBYTERIAN v. PRICE

No. 15-56547.

866 F.3d 1072 (2017)

HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN, a California corporation; Kaweah Delta Health Care District, a California Local Health Care District; Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, a California corporation; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, a California corporation; Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, a California corporation; Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, a California corporation; Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, a California Local Health Care District; Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, a California Local Health Care District; San Antonio Community Hospital, a California corporation; Sierra View Local Health Care District, a California Local Health Care District; SRM Alliance Hospital Services, a California nonprofit corporation, dba Petaluma Valley Hospital; Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, a California nonprofit corporation; Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a California nonprofit corporation; Redwood Memorial Hospital of Fortuna, a California nonprofit corporation; Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a California nonprofit corporation; St. Joseph Hospital of Eureka, a California nonprofit corporation; St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, a California nonprofit corporation; St. Jude Hospital, a California nonprofit corporation; St. Mary Medical Center, a California nonprofit corporation; Tahoe Forest Hospital District, a California Local Health Care District; Tenet Healthsystem Desert Inc., a California corporation; Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Inc., a California corporation; Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc., a California corporation; Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, a California corporation; JFK Memorial Hospital, Inc., a California corporation; San Ramon Regional Medical Center, Inc., a California corporation; Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Inc., a California corporation; Los Alamitos Medical Center, Inc., a California corporation; Placentia-Linda Hospital, Inc., a California corporation; Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc., a California corporation; Twin Cities Community Hospital, Inc., a California corporation; Tenet Healthsystem Knc, Inc., a California corporation; San Dimas Community Hospital, a California corporation; Community Hospital of Los Gatos, Inc., a California corporation; Tenet 1500 San Pablo, Inc., a California corporation, fka Anaheim MRI Holding, Inc.; Medical Center of Garden Grove, a California corporation; Ami Hti Tarzana Joint Venture, a Delaware General Partnership; Amisub Irvine Medical Center, a California corporation; UHS-Corona, Inc., a California corporation; Lancaster Hospital Corporation, a California corporation; Universal Health Services of Rancho Springs, Inc., a California corporation; San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, a California corporation; Adventist Health Clearlake Hospital, a California corporation; Central Valley General Hospital, a California corporation; Feather River Hospital, a California corporation; Glendale Adventist Medical Center, a California corporation; Hanford Community Hospital, a California corporation; San Joaquin Community Hospital, a California corporation; Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services, a California corporation; Sonora Community Hospital, a California corporation; Ukiah Adventist Hospital, a California corporation; White Memorial Medical Center, a California corporation; Willits Hospital, Inc., a California corporation; Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a California nonprofit corporation; Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, a California nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tom PRICE, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Leventhal (argued) and A. Joel Richlin , Foley & Lardner LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey Eric Sandberg (argued), Lindsey Powell , and Mark B. Stern , Attorneys, Appellate Staff; Eileen M. Decker , United States Attorney; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge


OPINION

In 2011, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) implicitly interpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1396(a)(30)(A) (§ 30(A)) to permit approval of a state Medicaid plan rate reduction where the Secretary had not considered evidence comparing beneficiaries' access to medical services to that of the general...

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