Hca Health Services Of Midwest, Inc. v. Otis R. Bowen

869 F.2d 1179 25 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 108, Medicare&Medicaid Gu 37,840 HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF MIDWEST, INC., dba Doctors Hospital and Chicago Lakeshore Hospital; Health Services Acquisition Corporation, as successor to Sacramento Community Hospital, Inc., dba Community Hospital of Sacramento; Health Services Acquisition Corporation, dba Community of Gardena St. Augustine General Hospital, Encino Hospitals and Costa Mesa Hospital; Health Services Acquisition Corporation, as successor to Centre City Hospital Inc., dba Centre City Hospital et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 88-5601. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1989. Memorandum Jan. 23, 1989. Opinion March 13, 1989. Robert A. Klein, Anita D. Lee, Weissburg & Aronson, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Asst. Branch Director, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., and (on the brief), Dina R. Lassow, Trial Atty., Federal Programs Branch, Civ. Div., Merril Hirsh, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Trial Atty., Federal Programs Branch, Civ.…