166 F.3d 950

99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 503, 99 Daily Journal
D.A.R. 569
ALVARADO COMMUNITY HOPITAL; Alvarado Hospital Medical
Center; Central Plains Hospital; Century City Hospital;
Cherokee County Memorial Hospital; Chico Community
Hospital; Community Hospital of Los Gatos; Delray
Community Hospital; Doctors Hospital, Dallas; Doctors
Hospital of Lakewood; Doctors Hospital of Lakewood, Clark;
Doctors Hospital of Lakewood-South; Doctors Hospital of
Manteca; Doctors Hospital of Montclair; Doctors Hospital
of Pinole; Doctors Medical Center of Modesto; Dominguez
Medical Center; Garfield Medical Center; Harton Medical
Center; Highland Hospital; Hillside Hospital; Hollywood
Medical Center; J.E. Smith/F.E. Herbert Hospital; Joellen
Smith Medical Center; John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital;
Lake Seminole Hospital; Lincoln West Medical Center; Lodi
Community Hospital; Los Alamitos Medical Center; Los Altos
Hospital; Manteca Hospital; Meadowcrest Hospital; Ojai
Community Hospital; Ontario Community Hospital; Palms of
Pasadena Hospital; Placentia Linda Community Hospital;
Redding Medical Center; The Memorial Medical Center;
Russell County Medical Center; San Diego Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital; Trinity Medical Center; Twin Cities
Community Hospital; University General Hospital;
University Medical Center; West Boca Medical Center,
Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation, dba Bellwood Medical
Corporation dba Bellwood General Hospital; Lincoln
Community Medical Corporation dba Orange County Community
Hospital of Buena Park and formerly dba Buena Park Community
Hospital; Hollywood Community Hospital Medical Center, Inc.
dba Hollywood Community Hospital Lancaster Hospital Corp,
dba Lancaster Community Hospital; Paracelsus Los Angeles
Community Hospital, dba Los Angeles Community Hospital;
Norwalk Hospital Corp, dba Norwalk Community Hospital;
Paracelsus Van Nuys Community Hospital Operating Corporation
dba Van Nuys Community Hospital; West Covina Health Center
Corporation dba West Covina Hospital; Hollywood West
Hospital Operating Corporation dba West Hollywood Hospital;
Monrovia Hospital Corporation dba Monrovia Community
Hospital; Chico Community Hospital, Inc. dba Chico
Community Hospital; Lodi Community Hospital Inc., dba
Doctors Hospital of Lodi; Paracelsus Peninsula Medical
Center Inc. dba Peninsula Medical Center; Paracelsus Clay
County Hospital Inc., dba Clay County Hospital; Paracelsus
Fentress County General Hospital, Inc. dba Fentress County
General Hospital; Paracelsus Macon County Medical Center,
Inc. dba Flint River Community Hospital and formerly dba
Macon County Medical Center; AMI Hospitals of Texas, Ltd.
dba AMI Brownsville Medical Center, AMI Heights Hospital,
AMI Mid-Jefferson Hospital, Nacogdoches Medical Center, AMI
Park Place Hospital; AMI Park Plaza Hospital, dba AMI
Twelve Oaks Hospital; New H Arroyo Grande, Inc. dba Arroyo
Grande Hospital; Amisub of Georgia, Inc. dba Barrow Medical
Center; Lifemark Hospitals of Texas, Inc. dba AMI Bellaire
Hospital Byrd and Southwestern General Hospital; Brookwood
Medical Center of Eufala, Inc., dba Brookwood Medical Center
of Eufala, Brookwood Health Services, Inc. dba AMI Brookwood
Medical Center; Lifemark Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc. dba
Byrd Memorial Hospital dba AMI St. Judes Medical Center;
Central Arkansas Hospital, Inc. dba Central Arkansas
Hospital; Amisub of North Carolina, Inc. dba Central
Carolina Hospital; New H, Circle City, Inc., dba AMI Circle
City Hospital; Clairemont General Hospital, Inc. dba
Clairemont Community Hospital; Notami Hospitals of
Oklahoma, Inc. dba Claremore Community Hospital; Doctors'
Medical Center and Southwestern Medical Center; Clearwater
Community Hospital, L.P. dba Clearwater Community Hospital;
Coastal Bend Hospital, Inc. dba Coastal Bend Hospital;
Lifemark Hospitals of Missouri, dba AMI Columbia Regional
Hospital; Rocky Mountain Sanitarium Development Corporation
dba Community Hospital of Rocky Mountain; Amisub (Culver
Union Hospital), Inc. dba AMI Culver Union Hospital; Denton
Regional Medical Center, Inc., dba Denton Regional Medical
Center; 13th Street Corp. dba Doctors' Hospital of
Opelousas; Doctors' Memorial Hospital, Inc., dba Doctors'
Memorial Hospital; East Cooper Community Hospital, Inc. dba
AMI East Cooper Community Hospital; Eastway General
Hospital, Ltd., dba Eastway General; amisub French Hospital
dba AMI French Hospital; Frye Regional Medical Center;
Garden Park Community Hospital LP dba Garden Park Community
Hospital; Medical Center of Garden Grove; New H Glendora,
Inc. dba AMI Glendora Community Hospital, Amisub (North
Plains Hospital), Inc. dba Golden Plains Hospital; Gordon
Crowell Memorial Hospital; Amisub (McIntosh Trail Regional
Medical Center), Inc. dba Spalding Regional Hospital fka
Griffin Spalding Hospital; Harris Hospital and Clinic dba
Harris Hospital; Notami Hospitals of California, Inc., dba
Healdsburg General Hospital, Mission Bay Memorial Hospital
and Valley Medical Center; Citizens General Hospital of
Houston, Inc., dba Institute for Immunological Disorders
(fka Citizens General Hospital); Notami Hospitals of
Louisiana, Inc. dba Highland Park Medical Center and
Westpark Community Hospital; Brookwood Medical Center of
Houston, Inc. dba Houston Community Hospital; Katy Medical
Center, Inc. dba Katy Medical Center; Amisub (American
Hospital), Inc. dba AMI Kendall Regional Medical Center (fka
American/Miami); Notami Hospitals of Florida, Inc. dba Lake
City Medical Center; Lucy Lee Hospital, Inc. dba Lucy Lee
Hospital, Medical Arts Hospital of Dallas, Inc. dba Medical
Arts Hospital-Dalles; Medical Arts Hospital of Texarkana,
Inc. dba Medical Arts Hospital-Texarkana; Valley Doctor's
Hospital dba North Hollywood Medical Center; Medical Plaza
Hospital. Inc. dba Medical Plaza Hospital; Memorial
Hospital of Tampa, Ltd., dba Memorial Hospital of Tampa;
National Park Medical Center, Inc. dba National Park Medical
Center (fka Ouachiata Memorial Hospital); North Fulton
Medical Center, Inc. dba AMI North Fulton Regional Hospital;
Amisub (North Ridge Hospital), Inc. dba North Ridge
Medical Center; Mckinney Joint Venture dba North Texas
Medical Center; Lister Hill Hospital, Inc. dba Northwest
Alabama Medical Center; Odessa Hospital, Ltd. dba Odessa
Regional Hospital (fka Odessa Women's and Children's
Hospital); Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, Inc. dba
AMI Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center; Lifemark Hospitals
of Florida, Inc. dba AMI Palmetto General Hospital;
Hospital Constructors, Ltd. dba AMI Town & Country Hospital;
Parkway Hospital, Inc. dba Parkway Hospital; Parkway
Regional Medical Center, Inc. dba Parkway Regional Medical
Center; Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. dba AMI Piedmont
Medical Center; Brookwood Medical Center of Orlando, Inc.
dba AMI Medical Center of Orlando (fka Brookwood Community
Hospital); Amisub of California, Inc. (fka Rancho Encino
Hospital); HCMH, Inc. dba Medical Park Hospital; Southwest
Medical Center, Inc. dba Riverside Community Hospital;
Round Rock Hospital, Inc, dba Round Rock Hospital; San
Dimas Community Hospital, Inc. dba AMI San Dimas Community
Hospital; Amisub (Sierra Vista), Inc. dba AMI Sierra Vista
Regional Medical Center; New H South Bay, Inc., dba South
Bay Hospital; Amisub of Florida, Inc., dba AMI Southeastern
Medical Center; Creighton Saint Joseph Regional Healthcare
System, L.L.C. dba Saint Joseph Hospital; St. Mary's
Hospital, Inc., dba AMI St. Mary's Regional Medical Center;
AMI/HTI Tarzana Encino Joint Venture. dba Tarzana Regional
Medical Center; Terrell Community Hospital, Inc. dba
Terrell Community Hospital; HealthOne, dba Presbyterian/St.
Luke's Medical Center (fka St. Luke's Medical Center and
Presbyterian-Denver Hospital); West Alabama General
Hospital, Inc. dba AMI West Alabama Hospital; Westbury
Hospital, Inc. dba Westbury Hospital; West Los Angeles
Physician's Hospital, LP dba Westside Hospital; Unihealth
America, Inc. dba California Medical Center, Santa Monica
Medical Center, Martin Luther Medical Center, and Valley
Hospital Medical; County of Los Angeles, a political
subdivision of the State of California, owner & operator of
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Harbor/UCLA Medical
Center, Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center, Olive
View Medical Center & High Desert Hospital, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
DONNA E. SHALALA, Secretary, United States Department of
Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 96-55967.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

Jan. 19, 1999.

ORDER