HealthproMed Foundation, Inc. v. Dept. of Health And Human Serv, Atlantic Medical Center, Inc v. Puerto Rico Dep't of Health, No. 17-1731 (1st Cir. 2020)

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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, and 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., Plaintiffs, Appellants, and 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, Plaintiffs, v. 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, Defendants, Appellees, and 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".

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