37 soc.sec.rep.ser. 284, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 40,203 Mt. Diablo Hospital v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Memorial Hospitals Association v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services

963 F.2d 1175 37 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 284, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 40,203 MT. DIABLO HOSPITAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. MEMORIAL HOSPITALS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 90-15772, 90-15857. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 20, 1991. Decided April 28, 1992. William Uhle, Thummel & Uhle, John R. Faust, Jr., Mildred J. Carmack, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants. Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Dist. Or., Jennifer J. Martin, Special Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant-appellee. Patric Hooper of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for Mt. Diablo Hosp. Medical Center. Anita D. Lee, Weissburg and Aronson, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for Memorial Hospitals Ass'n. John P. Schnitker, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern…