United States First Circuit

Grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-hospital regarding calculation of full time equivalent (FTE) residents for purposes of determining the indirect medical education (IME) adjustment owed to the defendant-hospital, is reversed and remanded where the the Secretary of Health and Human Services' finding that the IME payment was only intended to reimburse teaching hospitals for increased patient care costs and that residents performing educational research were not assigned to an eligible area of the hospital under the governing FTE regulation was not "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law."

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2008
• Published 11/17/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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