DCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. AZAR

No. 17-5203.

925 F.3d 503 (2019)

DCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant v. Alex Michael AZAR, II, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey M. Raux , Boston, MA, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Lori A. Rubin and Donald H. Romano , Washington, DC.

Abby C. Wright , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, Alisa B. Klein , Attorney, Robert P. Charrow , General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Janice L. Hoffman , Associate General Counsel, Susan Maxson Lyons , Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Jonathan C. Brumer , Attorney.

Before: Millett and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge.


The Medicare statute precludes judicial review of estimates used to make certain payments to hospitals for treating low-income patients. We must decide whether this preclusion provision bars challenges to the methodology used to make the estimates.

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