Portland Adventist Medical Center v. Tommy G. Thompson

399 F.3d 1091 PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER; Oregon Health Sciences University; Asante dba Rogue Valley Medical Center; Sacred Heart Medical Center; Salem Hospital; Tuality Healthcare dba Tuality Community Hospital; Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center; Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Health Center; McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tommy G. THOMPSON, Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Defendants-Appellants. No. 03-35612. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 8, 2004. Filed March 2, 2005. 1 August E. Flentje, Attorney, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellant. 2 Lisa Dobson Gould and Sanford E. Pitler, Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S., Seattle, WA, for the appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Robert E. Jones, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00289-REJ/JJ. 4 Before T.G. NELSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, * Senior District Judge. 5 SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge. 6 We must decide whether the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services correctly denied…