Silverado Hospice, Inc. v. Xavier Becerra

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SILVERADO HOSPICE, INC., a No. 20-56348 Delaware corporation; PROCARE HOSPICE, LLC, a Delaware limited D.C. Nos. liability corporation, 8:19-cv-01007- Plaintiffs-Appellants, DMG-RAO 8:19-cv-01098- v. DMG-RAO 2:19-cv-05096- XAVIER BECERRA, Secretary of DMG-RAO United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 18, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed August 1, 2022

Before: Morgan Christen and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges, and Barbara M. G. Lynn, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bress

* The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Medicare

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the government in an action brought by hospice providers who…