Opinion ID: 373865
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Heading: the remedy for diplomat

Text: 60 The 1972 regulations have since been replaced by newer regulations effective February 20, 1979, which apply the Departmental Method to all providers. The Secretary, however, refused to apply the 1979 revision retroactively because of administrative inconvenience. 61 Where does this leave Diplomat? Its fiscal intermediary, Blue Cross of Northeastern Ohio, stipulated before the PRRB that the loss in reimbursable costs for the two-year period involved in this case, Diplomat's fiscal years 1972-73 and 1973-74, stemming from its ineligibility to use the Departmental Method was $56,302. J.A. 15. Diplomat may have additional claims for the following years, but we need not deal with them here or determine if there are any bars to Diplomat's reimbursement applications for those years. Nor are we in a position to say what, if any, further burden of proof Diplomat can be required by HEW to meet in order to make out its present claims. 33 62 We remand the case to the district court with instructions to enter an appropriate order granting summary judgment to Diplomat on the issue of the invalidity of the regulations, and to take further action consistent with this opinion. 63 Reversed and Remanded.