52 soc.sec.rep.ser. 494, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 45,001, 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 231, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 362, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 463 Orthopaedic Hospital and the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems v. Kimberly Belshe, Director of the State Department of Health Services, State of California

103 F.3d 1491 52 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 494, Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 45,001, 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 231 , 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 362 , 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 463 ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL and the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kimberly BELSHE, Director of the State Department of Health Services, State of California, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-55607. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 9, 1996. Decided Jan. 9, 1997. Lloyd A. Bookman and Jonathan P. Neustadter, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Laurie R. Pearlman, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan R. Davis, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-4764 SVW (JRx). Before: FLETCHER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, * Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs-Appellants Orthopaedic Hospital and the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems claim that Defendant-Appellee Director of the California Department of Health Services…