Mary Washington Hospital, Inc. v. Fisher

How courts have described this case

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• court exercises its discretion in equity to decline to determine if new and necessary services should be included in state's reimbursement rate
• states in \intractable\ position where legislative intent to discourage reductions adversely affecting quality of care is concurrent with OBRA mandate to contain Medicaid costs
• state not required to make written findings under federal regulations so long as it makes necessary findings which are reasonable
• Congress added reasonable access constraint to prevent states from lowering reimbursement rates so much that a dangerous number of hospitals might withdraw from the program
• Congress added reasonable access constraint to prevent states from lowering reimbursement rates so much that a dangerous number of hospitals might withdraw from the program
• state not required to make written findings under federal regulations so long as it makes necessary findings which are reasonable

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