St. Louis South Park, Inc. v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services

FENNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services (the Department), appeals the decision of the circuit court which held that the Department’s regulation implementing a new method of calculating the per diem rates to be paid nursing homes (the New Plan) violated equal protection. Respondent, St. Louis South Park, Inc., d/b/a Mercy Convalescent Center (Mercy), is a licensed nursing facility certified to participate in the Missouri Medicaid Program. Mercy successfully argued to the trial court that the New Plan denied it equal protection…