201799P.pdf   10/01/2021  Northport Health Svcs. of Ark.  v.  USDHHS
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1799
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Erickson, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Administrative Procedure. The district court did not err in 
   rejecting claims that revised HHS regulations prohibiting long-term care 
   facilities from conditioning the admission of Medicare and Medicaid 
   residents on their agreement to pre-dispute, binding arbitration and 
   giving the residents the right to rescind the binding arbitration 
   agreements, as well as certain other rights, did not violate the 
   Administrative Procedure Act or the Federal Arbitration Act; the 
   regulation was a permissible exercise of the agency's authority under the 
   Medicare and Medicaid statutes and was not arbitrary or capricious under 
   the APA standards; while the agency failed to comply with the procedural 
   requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the error was harmless.