Lock v. New York Department of Social Services

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which, inter alia, excluded petitioner from participating in the Medicaid program for a period of one year.

Petitioner, a physician specializing in internal medicine, has been a participating provider in the Medicaid program since 1987. An audit by respondent of petitioner’s records for parts of 1988 and 1989 disclosed instances in which petitioner’s recordkeeping did not meet program requirements. After reviewing…