Sycamore Manor Health Center v. Department of Public Welfare

SMITH, Judge.

Sycamore Manor Health Center (Sycamore), a 123-bed nursing facility owned and operated by Presbyterian Homes, Inc. (PHI), petitions for review of an order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) upholding on reconsideration an order of the Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals that adopted the adjudication of an attorney examiner in Sycamore’s challenge to DPWs disallowance of certain costs claimed as expenses reimbursable by DPW under the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) for the years 1988 and 1989.1

The questions presented are: (1)…