Opening Appeals Brief: Disclosure of Negotiated Charges, July 17, 2020

THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL.,
APPELLANTS

v.

ALEX M. AZAR II,
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
APPELLEE

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (CIV. NO. 19-3619)

BRIEF OF APPELLANTS AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ASSO-CIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES, FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS, MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYS-TEM, PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM – SOUTHERN CALIFORNA D/B/A PROVIDENCE HOLY CROSS MEDICAL CENTER, AND BOTHWELL RE-GIONAL HEALTH CENTER

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