ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK v. LANCASTER GEN. HOSP.

No. 19-3340.

967 F.3d 295 (2020)

ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC., dba St. Luke's University Health Network; Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, dba St. Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem Campus; St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital; Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, dba St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital; Blue Mountain Hospital, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, dba St. Luke's Hospital, Palmerton Campus, Appellants v. LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL; Lancaster General Health; University of Pennsylvania Health System; University of Pennsylvania Trustees; John Doe 1; John Doe 2.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: July 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Barnes [ARGUED] David H. Thompson , Cooper & Kirk, 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Douglas J. McGill , Webber McGill, 760 Route 10, Suite 104, Whippany, NJ 07981, Counsel for Appellants.

Kevin W. Fay [ARGUED] Peter J. Hoffman , Jeffrey P. Lewis , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 50 South 16th Street, Two Liberty Place, 22nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: GREENAWAY, JR., PORTER, and MATEY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case involves a state-run program to reimburse Pennsylvania hospitals for treating indigent patients. Plaintiffs-Appellants are a group of hospitals and their related health care networks that seek civil remedies from Defendants-Appellees, another hospital and hospital system, for violations...

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