Redding Medical Center v. Bonta'

*480Opinion

MASTERSON, J.

Appellant Redding Medical Center requested reimbursement from respondent, the California Department of Health Services (sometimes DHS), for the portion of hospital equipment expenses Redding claimed were attributable to services provided to Medi-Cal patients. DHS auditors later concluded that the instructions followed by Redding in mating its request, which required use of a statistical surrogate to calculate the extent of Medi-Cal usage, were inapplicable because Redding’s books and records permitted the direct assignment of these expenses. On Redding’s challenge to the…