Catholic Healthcare West v. Kathleen Sebelius

  1. April 11, 2014

    DC Circ. Backs HHS In Hospital Merger Reimbursement Row

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday upheld a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decision denying hospital system Dignity Health a Medicare payment for allegedly inadequate depreciation taken by a hospital that it acquired, ruling the merger didn't qualify for reimbursement.

  2. September 13, 2013

    HHS Wrongly Denied Medicare Payment, Hospital Co. Says

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was wrong to deny a Medicare reimbursement to a Santa Maria, Calif.-based hospital after its merger with hospital firm Catholic Healthcare West because the consideration for the merger was fair, the firm told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday.