Vallejo General Hospital v. Bowen

851 F.2d 229 22 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 312, Medicare&Medicaid Gu 37,179 VALLEJO GENERAL HOSPITAL (now known as Sutter Solano Medical Center), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 87-1711. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 10, 1987. Decided June 24, 1988. Florence L. Di Benedetto, Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Michael R. Power, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before CHAMBERS, SKOPIL and POOLE, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellant Vallejo General Hospital ("Vallejo") appeals from the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") in an action challenging the Secretary's decision to disallow reimbursement for certain depreciation and interest costs Vallejo claimed with respect to assets acquired from another Medicare provider. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND 2 Vallejo, now known as Sutter Solano…