United States Ninth Circuit

The exemption of 42 C.F.R. section 413.30(e), entitling skilled nursing facilities that qualify as "new providers" to full reimbursement, is ambiguous. Defendant's narrow construction of the exemption reasonably conforms to the wording and purpose of the regulation, and is given deference.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/08/2003
• Decided 12/17/2003
• Published 12/17/2003

Judges

• Before:  D.W. NELSON, KOZINSKI, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant-appellant., James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney, for the defendant-appellant., Barbara C. Biddle, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for the defendant-appellant., Anthony A. Yang, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for the defendant-appellant., Stephen I. Pentz, Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.