Anna Jaques Hosp. v. Sebelius, No. 08-5407

In an action claiming that the Secretary of Health and Human Services improperly excluded the labor costs of certain types of hospitals from her calculation of Medicare reimbursements due to plaintiffs, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where the Secretary's exclusion of the costs was based on a reasonable interpretation of her statutory authority.

Read Anna Jaques Hosp. v. Sebelius, No. 08-5407

Appellate Information

Argued May 8, 2009

Decided September 11, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Griffith

Counsel

Stephanie R. Marcus, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Mark B. Stern, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

For Appellees:

Ankur J. Goel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC

Kelly M. Falls, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC