Mercy Hospital And Medical Center v. Patricia Harris

625 F.2d 905 MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, a California non-profit organization, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia HARRIS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Blue Cross ofSouthern California, a California Corporation; and Blue Cross Association, anIllinois Corporation, Defendants- Appellees. No. 78-1425. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 3, 1979. Decided Aug. 20, 1980. 1 Steven Gourley, Memel, Jacobs, Pierno & Gersh, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Jonathan Schuman, Baltimore, Md., argued for defendants-appellees; John R. Neece, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., on brief. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 4 Before SNEED and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, * District Judge. 5 FITZGERALD, District Judge. 6 Mercy Hospital (Mercy) is a provider of services under the Medicare Act. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 -1395rr. 1 Mercy appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment affirming the Secretary's denial of Mercy's claims for partial reimbursement of deficits arising from operation of its outpatient clinic. 7 The district court's…