Aachc

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR No. 21-16262

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS;

CANYONLANDS HEALTHCARE; D.C. No. CHIRICAHUA COMMUNITY HEALTH 4:19-cv-00517-

CENTERS; DESERT SENITA JGZ

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER;

MARIPOSA COMMUNITY HEALTH

CENTER; MARANA HEALTH CENTER; OPINION

MOUNTAIN PARK HEALTH CENTER;

NATIVE HEALTH; NORTH COUNTRY

HEALTHCARE; SUN LIFE FAMILY

HEALTH CENTER; SUNSET

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER;

UNITED COMMUNITY HEALTH

CENTER-MARIA AUXILIADORA,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST

CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; JAMI

SNYDER, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed September 2, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez, Richard R. Clifton, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton

AACHC V. AHCCCS

SUMMARY *

Civil Rights/Medicaid

The…