HealthproMed Foundation, Inc. v. Dept. of Health And Human Serv

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 17-1731

HEALTHPROMED FOUNDATION, INC., f/k/a Dr. Jose S. Belaval, Inc.; CORP. DE SERVICIOS INTEGRALES DE SALUD INTEGRAL EN LA MONTAÑA, INC.; MIGRANT HEALTH CENTER, INC.; NEOMED CENTER, INC., f/k/a Gurabo Community Health Center, Inc.; MOROVIS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.; CONCILIO DE SALUD INTEGRAL DE LOIZA, INC. (CSILO); CORPORACION DE SERVICIOS DE SALUD Y MEDICINA AVANZADA, INC., (COSSMA),

Plaintiffs, Appellants,

and

CAMUY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; ATLANTIC MEDICAL CENTER, INC.; CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR DR. JULIO PALMIERI FERRI, INC.; CORPORACION DE SERV. MÉDICOS PRIMARIOS Y PREVENCION DE HATILLO, INC.; COSTA SALUD, INC., f/k/a Rincón Health Center, Inc.; EL CENTRO DE SALUD DE LARES, INC.; HOSPITAL GENERAL CASTAÑAR, INC.; RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.; TOA ALTA COMPREHENSIVE URBAN/RURAL ADVANCED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; LORENZO GONZÁLEZ-FELICIANO, Secretary, Department of Health for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

Defendants, Appellees,

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; ALEX MICHAEL AZAR, II, as Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services,

Defendants. No. 17-1812

ATLANTIC MEDICAL CENTER, INC.; CAMUY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR DR. JULIO PALMIERI FERRI, INC.; CIALES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INC.; CORPORACION DE SERV. MÉDICOS PRIMARIOS Y PREVENCION DE HATILLO, INC.; COSTA SALUD, INC., f/k/a Rincón Health Center, Inc.; EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS PRIMARIOS DE SALUD DE PATILLAS, INC.; HOSPITAL GENERAL CASTAÑAR, INC.; EL CENTRO DE SALUD DE LARES, INC.,

RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.; TOA ALTA COMPREHENSIVE URBAN/RURAL ADVANCED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; CONCILIO DE SALUD INTEGRAL DE LOIZA, INC. (CSILO); CORP. DE SERVICIOS INTEGRALES DE SALUD INTEGRAL EN LA MONTAÑA, INC.; CORPORACION DE SERVICOS DE SALUD Y MEDICINA AVANZADA, INC., (COSSMA); HEALTHPROMED FOUNDATION, INC., f/k/a Dr. Jose S. Belaval, Inc.; MIGRANT HEALTH CENTER, INC.; MOROVIS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.; NEOMED CENTER, INC., f/k/a Gurabo Community Health Center, Inc.; MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN,

LORENZO GONZÁLEZ-FELICIANO, as Secretary of Department of Health for Puerto Rico; ALEX MICHAEL AZAR, II, as Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services,

JOHNNY RULLAN; COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

Defendants. ] ERRATA SHEET

The opinion of this Court, issued on December 4, 2020, is amended as follows: On page 5, footnote 2, line 11 please remove the underlining in the space after "San Juan" and before "v.".

On page 11, line 25 please bold the word "dismissal".