51 soc.sec.rep.ser. 594, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 44,586, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6486 Lodi Community Hospital Chico Community Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services

94 F.3d 1251 51 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 594, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 44,586, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6486 LODI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; Chico Community Hospital, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-15958. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. Decided Aug. 30, 1996. Patric Hooper, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Sean A. Lev, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Edward J. Garcia, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-01126-EJG. Before WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, * District Judge. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Lodi Community Hospital and Chico Community Hospital, both authorized providers of Medicare services, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upholding the Secretary's disallowance of reimbursement for interest on a loan incurred by Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation to purchase 100…