Good Samaritan Hospital v. F. David Mathews

609 F.2d 949 GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, CORVALLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. David MATHEWS, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States of America, Blue Cross Association and Northwest Hospital Service, dba Blue Cross of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-3308. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 13, 1979. Robert G. Simpson, Spaulding, Portland, Or., on brief; Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Southern, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. Jack G. Collins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., James C. Pyles, Baltimore, Md., on brief; Raenele C otee, Dept. HEW, Baltimore, Md., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before COWEN, * Court of Claims Judge, and KILKENNY and HUG, Circuit Judges. KILKENNY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant (Good Sam), the plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment dismissing its claim in an action prosecuted under the provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and related statutory provisions. The controversy grows out of a claim filed by Good Sam against appellee Blue Cross of Oregon (Blue Cross) for reimbursement of…